Analyzing Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) & Firstgroup (OTCMKTS:FGROY)

Firstgroup (OTCMKTS:FGROY) and Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Firstgroup and Freight Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Firstgroup	$6.46 billion	0.21	$162.68 million	N/A	N/A
Freight Technologies	$13.73 million	0.08	-$5.60 million	($17.45)	-0.12

Firstgroup has higher revenue and earnings than Freight Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Firstgroup and Freight Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Firstgroup	N/A	N/A	N/A
Freight Technologies	-40.28%	-73.48%	-31.24%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.2% of Freight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Firstgroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Freight Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Firstgroup has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freight Technologies has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Firstgroup and Freight Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Firstgroup	0	0	1	0	3.00
Freight Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Summary

Firstgroup beats Freight Technologies on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Firstgroup

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,800 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos. FirstGroup plc was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Freight Technologies

Freight Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates a transportation logistics technology platform for cross-border shipping in the United States and Mexico. Its Fr8App technology platform offers an online portal and a mobile application that provide third-party logistics services to companies in the freight transportation market; a transport management solution for customers to manage their own fleet; and freight brokerage support and customer services based on the platform. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.