Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO – Get Free Report) and Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Freightos and Sezzle, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Freightos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Sezzle | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2.67 |
Freightos presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 132.56%. Sezzle has a consensus price target of $125.00, indicating a potential downside of 31.78%. Given Freightos’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Freightos is more favorable than Sezzle.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Freightos | $29.46 million | 2.25 | -$17.52 million | ($0.39) | -3.31 |
| Sezzle | $450.28 million | 13.69 | $133.13 million | $4.21 | 43.52 |
Sezzle has higher revenue and earnings than Freightos. Freightos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sezzle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
22.7% of Freightos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Sezzle shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Freightos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.5% of Sezzle shares 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.
Risk & Volatility
Freightos has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sezzle has a beta of 6.7, indicating that its share price is 570% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Freightos and Sezzle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Freightos | -65.65% | -44.81% | -30.10% |
| Sezzle | 30.83% | 87.46% | 36.29% |
Summary
Sezzle beats Freightos on 13 of the 15 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 Sezzle
Sezzle Inc. operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company provides payment solution in-store and at online retail stores; and through proprietary payments solution that connects consumers with merchants. It also offers Sezzle Platform that provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time; Pay-in-Four, which allows consumers to pay a fourth of the purchase price up front and then another fourth of the purchase price every two weeks thereafter over a total of six weeks; Pay-in-Full that allows consumers to pay for the full value of their order up-front through the Sezzle Platform without the extension of credit; and Pay-in-Two and other alternative installment options, which allow consumer to pay half of the value of their order up-front and the second half in two weeks. In addition, the company provides Sezzle Virtual Card that allows consumers to access the Sezzle Platform in the form of close-end installment loans and shop with merchants that are not integrated with Sezzle; Sezzle Anywhere, a paid subscription service that allows consumers to use their Sezzle Virtual Card at any merchant online or in-store; Sezzle Premium, a paid subscription service that allows its consumers to access large, non-integrated premium merchants; and Sezzle Up, an opt-in feature of the Sezzle Platform. Further, it offers Long-Term Lending through collaboration with third-party lenders and Product Innovation. Sezzle Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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