Head-To-Head Contrast: Full Truck Alliance (YMM) vs. Its Competitors

Full Truck Alliance (NYSE:YMM) is one of 100 public companies in the “Ground Transportation” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Full Truck Alliance to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Full Truck Alliance and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Full Truck Alliance	33.07%	10.68%	9.65%
Full Truck Alliance Competitors	6.87%	12.61%	4.01%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Full Truck Alliance and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Full Truck Alliance	0	3	6	0	2.67
Full Truck Alliance Competitors	1368	6530	8696	267	2.47

Full Truck Alliance currently has a consensus target price of $11.30, indicating a potential upside of 23.79%. As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies have a potential upside of 20.80%. Given Full Truck Alliance’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Full Truck Alliance is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.0% of Full Truck Alliance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Full Truck Alliance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Full Truck Alliance and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Full Truck Alliance	$1.79 billion	$630.36 million	15.47
Full Truck Alliance Competitors	$9.00 billion	$911.04 million	0.48

Full Truck Alliance’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Full Truck Alliance. Full Truck Alliance is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Full Truck Alliance pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Full Truck Alliance pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 27.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Full Truck Alliance has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Full Truck Alliance’s competitors have a beta of 1.14, suggesting that their average stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Full Truck Alliance beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Full Truck Alliance Company Profile

Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates a digital freight platform that connects shippers with truckers to facilitate shipments across distance ranges, cargo weights, and types in the People's Republic of China. The company offers freight matching services, such as freight listing and brokerage services; and online transaction services, as well as various value-added services, such as credit solutions, insurance brokerage, software solutions, electronic toll collection, and energy services. It also provides technology development and other services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Guiyang, China.