Labor Smart (LTNC) versus Its Competitors Critical Survey

Volatility and Risk

Labor Smart has a beta of -0.47, indicating that its stock price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labor Smart’s peers have a beta of 0.95, indicating that their average stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

57.5% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Labor Smart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Labor Smart and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Labor Smart	N/A	N/A	-0.01
Labor Smart Competitors	$3.35 billion	$227.10 million	26.55

Labor Smart’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Labor Smart. Labor Smart 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labor Smart	N/A	N/A	N/A
Labor Smart Competitors	-0.87%	17.41%	4.16%

Summary

Labor Smart peers beat Labor Smart on 7 of the 8 factors compared.

Labor Smart Company Profile

Labor Smart, Inc. engages in providing temporary blue-collar staffing services. It supplies general laborers on demand to the light industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing, skilled trade’s people and general laborers to commercial construction industries. The company was founded by Christopher Ryan Schadel on May 31, 2011 and is headquartered in Powder Springs, GA.