CTT – Correios De Portugal (OTCMKTS:CTTOF) & Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) Critical Review

CTT – Correios De Portugal (OTCMKTS:CTTOF) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CTT – Correios De Portugal and Expeditors International of Washington”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CTT – Correios De Portugal	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expeditors International of Washington	$12.04 billion	2.01	$752.88 million	$6.87	27.13

Expeditors International of Washington has higher revenue and earnings than CTT – Correios De Portugal.

Profitability

This table compares CTT – Correios De Portugal and Expeditors International of Washington’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CTT – Correios De Portugal	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expeditors International of Washington	7.64%	36.16%	16.88%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CTT – Correios De Portugal and Expeditors International of Washington, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CTT – Correios De Portugal	0	0	0	0	0.00
Expeditors International of Washington	3	6	2	2	2.23

Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus target price of $168.78, indicating a potential downside of 9.44%. Given Expeditors International of Washington’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Expeditors International of Washington is more favorable than CTT – Correios De Portugal.

Summary

Expeditors International of Washington beats CTT – Correios De Portugal on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CTT – Correios De Portugal

CTT – Correios De Portugal, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides postal and financial services worldwide. It operates through Mail, Express & Parcels, Financial Services & Retail, and Bank segments. The company offers courier and urgent mail transport services; postal financial services; and banking services. It also engages in the business of payments related to collection of invoices and fines. In addition, the company enables the payment of various services and utilities through a network of approximately 5,000 agents covering business outlets as stationery stores, tobacco shops, kiosks, and supermarkets. It operates a retail network of 566 post offices; 1,808 postal agencies; 223 postal delivery offices; 4,576 postal delivery routes; and a fleet of 3,925 vehicles. The company was formerly known as Correio Publico. CTT – Correios De Portugal, S.A. was founded in 1520 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

About Expeditors International of Washington

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides logistics services worldwide. The company offers airfreight services, such as air freight consolidation and forwarding; ocean freight and ocean services, including ocean freight consolidation, direct ocean forwarding, and order management; customs brokerage, import, intra-continental ground transportation and delivery, and warehousing and distribution services; and customs clearance, purchase order management, vendor consolidation, time-definite transportation services, temperature-controlled transit, cargo insurance, specialized cargo monitoring and tracking, and other supply chain solutions. It also provides optimization, trade compliance consulting, cargo security, and solutions. In addition, it acts as a freight consolidator or as an agent for the airline that carries the shipment. Further, the company provides ancillary services that include preparation of shipping and customs documentation, packing, crating, insurance services, and the preparation of documentation to comply with local import and export laws. Its customers include retailing and wholesaling, electronics, technology, and industrial and manufacturing companies. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.