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Elite Express Holding Inc. (ETS) vs Heartland Express, Inc. (HTLD)

Elite Express Holding Inc. and Heartland Express, Inc. are both Trucking companies. Heartland Express, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $860.7M against $19.4M — 44.4× the size. Elite Express Holding Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.1% against −21.0%. Heartland Express, Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.98% vs −169.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−1.27% vs −25.0%). Across the 17 metrics below, Heartland Express, Inc. leads on 13 and Elite Express Holding Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ETS HTLD Trucking median
P/E n/m n/m 54.27
P/S 33.98 1.15 1.15
P/B 5.75 1.12 1.80
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.78 13.17
EV/EBITDA n/m 7.31 11.38
EV/Sales 32.98 1.26 1.03
Earnings yield (13.65%) (2.56%) 0.21%
Free cash flow yield (6.78%) 12.85% 4.53%

Profitability

Metric ETS HTLD Trucking median
Gross margin 11.97% 29.10% 51.20%
Operating margin (196.89%) (2.29%) 0.00%
Net margin (169.22%) (2.98%) 0.16%
Free cash flow margin (230.51%) 14.79% 5.45%
Return on equity (31.17%) (2.85%) 0.31%
Return on assets (30.51%) (1.78%) 0.18%
Return on invested capital (25.04%) (1.27%) (0.05%)

Growth

Metric ETS HTLD Trucking median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.14% (21.02%) 4.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (446.08%) (76.32%) (40.10%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 4.54% 6.08%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ETS HTLD Trucking median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.18 0.17
Current ratio 43.97 1.58 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 0.58 1.33 1.59

Dividend

Metric ETS HTLD Trucking median
Dividend yield — 0.73% 1.20%
Payout ratio — — 0.70

Size

Metric ETS HTLD Trucking median
Market cap 19.37m 860.71m 1.53b

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