Analyzing Mullen Group (MLLGF) and Its Competitors

Mullen Group (OTCMKTS:MLLGF) is one of 101 public companies in the “Ground Transportation” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Mullen Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mullen Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mullen Group	N/A	N/A	18.46
Mullen Group Competitors	$8.86 billion	$920.60 million	50.15

Mullen Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Mullen Group. Mullen Group 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.

Dividends

Mullen Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Mullen Group pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.5% and pay out 28.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Mullen Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mullen Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mullen Group Competitors	5.40%	9.38%	3.79%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

55.0% of Mullen Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of shares of all “Ground Transportation” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Mullen Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mullen Group	0	3	3	0	2.50
Mullen Group Competitors	1325	6341	8437	253	2.47

As a group, “Ground Transportation” companies have a potential upside of 14.54%. Given Mullen Group’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mullen Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Mullen Group rivals beat Mullen Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Mullen Group

Mullen Group Ltd. provides a range of trucking and logistics services in Canada and the United States. The Less-Than-Truckload segment delivers general freight consisting of smaller shipments, packages, and parcels; and pharmaceutical and package products. The Logistics & Warehousing segment offers full truckload, specialized transportation, warehousing, and fulfillment centers that handle e-commerce transactions and transload facilities for intermodal and bulk shipments; technology solutions, including transportation, inventory, and warehouse management systems; and warehousing and distribution services. The Specialized & Industrial Services segment provides specialized equipment and services to the oil and natural gas, environmental, construction, pipeline, utility, telecom, and civil industries; and specialized services comprising water management, environmental services, pipeline and civil construction, Industrial cleaning and turnaround services, fluid management, and municipal development and emergency support services, as well as drilling and drilling related services. The U.S. & International Logistics segment provides logistics services through professional representatives and station agents. This segment also owns SilverExpress, a proprietary integrated transportation management platform. Mullen Group Ltd. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Okotoks, Canada.