Head-To-Head Review: Air T (AIRT) & Its Competitors

Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) is one of 60 public companies in the “Air Freight & Logistics” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Air T to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Air T and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Air T	$327.09 million	$77.98 million	1.19
Air T Competitors	$12.22 billion	$608.26 million	13.96

Air T’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Air T. Air T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

8.9% of Air T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by institutional investors. 68.5% of Air T shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Air T and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Air T	23.84%	416.49%	26.76%
Air T Competitors	-461.33%	-0.89%	-8.27%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Air T and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Air T	1	0	0	0	1.00
Air T Competitors	603	1968	2541	106	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 17.48%. Given Air T’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air T has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Air T has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T’s rivals have a beta of 0.88, indicating that their average share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Air T rivals beat Air T on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

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.