Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO – Get Free Report) and Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Freightos and Air T”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Freightos | $29.46 million | 2.37 | -$17.52 million | ($0.33) | -4.12 |
| Air T | $327.09 million | 0.24 | $77.98 million | $23.59 | 1.22 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
22.7% of Freightos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Air T shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Freightos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.5% of Air T shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Freightos and Air T, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Freightos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Air T | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Freightos currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 120.59%. Given Freightos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Freightos is more favorable than Air T.
Risk & Volatility
Freightos has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Freightos and Air T’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Freightos | -56.24% | -41.63% | -27.70% |
| Air T | 17.17% | 176.42% | 17.67% |
Summary
Air T beats Freightos on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Freightos
Freightos Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight. It operates WebCargo, a platform for connecting carriers and forwarders; and Freightos.com, a platform for connecting service providers to importers/exporters. The company also offers software-as-a-service solutions, such as WebCargo Air for airline rates and ebookings; WebCargo AcceleRate, a multi-modal rate repository; data services; and WebCargo Airline Control Panel that enables airlines to control bookings and optimize pricing with real-time booking analytics. In addition, it provides digital customs brokerage services. The company is based in Jerusalem, Israel.
About Air T
Air T, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides overnight air cargo, ground equipment sale, and commercial jet engines and parts in the United States and internationally. The Overnight Air Cargo segment offers air express delivery services. As of March 31, 2023, this segment had 85 aircraft under the dry-lease agreements with FedEx. The Ground Equipment Sales segment manufactures, sells, and services aircraft deicers, scissor-type lifts, military and civilian decontamination units, flight-line tow tractors, glycol recovery vehicles, and other specialized equipment. This segment sells its products to passenger and cargo airlines, ground handling companies, the United States Air Force, airports, and industrial customers. The Commercial Aircraft, Engines and Parts segment offers commercial aircraft trading, leasing, and parts solutions; commercial aircraft storage, storage maintenance, and aircraft disassembly/part-out services; commercial aircraft parts sales, exchanges, procurement services, consignment programs, and overhaul and repair services; and aircraft instrumentation, avionics, and a range of electrical accessories for civilian, military transport, regional/commuter and business/commercial jet, and turboprop aircraft. This segment also provides composite aircraft structures, and repair and support services. Air T, Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Denver, North Carolina.
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