Critical Survey: Labor Smart (LTNC) and Its Competitors

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.3% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Labor Smart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Labor Smart has a beta of -0.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labor Smart’s competitors have a beta of 0.95, meaning that their average stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Labor Smart and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Labor Smart	N/A	N/A	-0.01
Labor Smart Competitors	$3.30 billion	$228.41 million	27.86

Labor Smart’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Labor Smart. Labor Smart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Labor Smart and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labor Smart	N/A	N/A	N/A
Labor Smart Competitors	-0.52%	19.38%	4.25%

Summary

Labor Smart competitors beat Labor Smart on 7 of the 8 factors compared.

Labor Smart Company Profile

Labor Smart, Inc. engages in providing temporary blue-collar staffing services. It supplies general laborers on demand to the light industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing, skilled trade’s people and general laborers to commercial construction industries. The company was founded by Christopher Ryan Schadel on May 31, 2011 and is headquartered in Powder Springs, GA.