Critical Survey: Janel World Trade (OTCMKTS:JANL) & XPO (NYSE:XPO)

Janel World Trade (OTCMKTS:JANL) and XPO (NYSE:XPO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Janel World Trade and XPO’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Janel World Trade	2.49%	19.90%	3.41%
XPO	4.71%	29.64%	6.75%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Janel World Trade and XPO”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Janel World Trade	$207.44 million	0.30	$5.41 million	$4.52	11.50
XPO	$8.16 billion	2.85	$316.00 million	$3.39	58.63

XPO has higher revenue and earnings than Janel World Trade. Janel World Trade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Janel World Trade and XPO, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Janel World Trade	0	0	0	0	0.00
XPO	1	4	18	2	2.84

XPO has a consensus price target of $225.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given XPO’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XPO is more favorable than Janel World Trade.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.7% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of Janel World Trade shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of XPO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Janel World Trade has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

XPO beats Janel World Trade on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Janel World Trade

Janel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics services worldwide. It operates through three segments: Logistics, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing. The Logistics segment provides cargo transportation logistics management services, including freight forwarding by air, ocean, and land-based carriers; customs brokerage services; warehousing and distribution services; and other value added logistic services, as well as customs entry filing, cargo insurance procurement, logistics planning, product repackaging, and online shipment tracking services. The Life Sciences segment manufactures and distributes monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents, and other immuno-reagents for biomedical research; provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists; and produces products for other life science companies on an original equipment manufacturer basis. The Manufacturing segment manufactures and distributes mixing equipment and apparatus for various industries, such as chemicals, inks, paints, construction, plastics, adhesives, cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. The company was formerly known as Janel World Trade Ltd. and changed its name to Janel Corporation in April 2015. Janel Corporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About XPO

XPO, Inc. provides freight transportation services in the United States, rest of North America, France, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, North American LTL and European Transportation. The North American LTL segment provides customers with less-than-truckload (LTL) services, such as geographic density and day-definite domestic services. This segment also offers cross-border U.S., Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean, as well as engages in the operation of trailer manufacturing. The European Transportation segment offers dedicated truckload, LTL, truck brokerage, managed transportation, last mile, freight forwarding and multimodal solutions, such as road-rail and road-short sea combinations. It provides its services to customers in various industries, such as industrial and manufacturing, retail and e-commerce, food and beverage, logistics and transportation, and consumer goods. The company was formerly known as XPO Logistics, Inc. and changed its name to XPO, Inc. in December 2022. XPO, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.