Lakeside (LSH) and Its Rivals Head to Head Review

Lakeside (NASDAQ:LSH) is one of 45 public companies in the “TRANS – SERVICES” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Lakeside to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

Lakeside has a beta of 2.88, indicating that its share price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeside’s peers have a beta of 0.87, indicating that their average share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lakeside and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lakeside	-29.49%	-236.84%	-46.64%
Lakeside Competitors	7.30%	-228.80%	2.60%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lakeside and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lakeside	$17.79 million	-$5.25 million	-1.51
Lakeside Competitors	$8.74 billion	$179.07 million	19.52

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Lakeside and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lakeside	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lakeside Competitors	463	1458	1593	94	2.37

As a group, “TRANS – SERVICES” companies have a potential upside of 5.60%. Given Lakeside’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lakeside has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.5% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Lakeside shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lakeside peers beat Lakeside on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lakeside

Lakeside Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides integrated cross-border supply chain solution in the United States, China, South Korea, and internationally. It offers a range of integrated services under cross-border ocean freight solutions and cross-border airfreight solutions, including cross-border freight consolidation and forwarding services, customs clearance services, warehousing and distribution services, and U.S. domestic ground transportation services. The company customers include logistics service companies serving e-commerce platforms, social commerce platforms, and manufacturers to sell and transport consumer and industrial goods. Lakeside Holding Limited was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. Lakeside Holding Limited operates as a subsidiary of Jiushen Transport LLC.