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Forward Air Corporation (FWRD) vs Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. (PAL)

Forward Air Corporation and Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. are both Integrated Freight & Logistics companies. Forward Air Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $571.9M against $76.6M — 7.5× the size. Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against −0.11%. Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. has the higher net margin (−9.85% vs −11.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (−7.40% vs −7.28%). Across the 17 metrics below, Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. leads on 11 and Forward Air Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric FWRD PAL Integrated Freight & Logistics median
P/E n/m n/m 22.50
P/S 0.22 0.18 0.46
P/B n/m 0.25 1.75
Price to free cash flow 10.72 4.33 18.31
EV/EBITDA 9.28 n/m 9.01
EV/Sales 0.85 0.33 0.88
Earnings yield (52.38%) (51.84%) (1.15%)
Free cash flow yield 9.33% 23.09% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric FWRD PAL Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Gross margin 49.27% 100.00% 25.10%
Operating margin (6.70%) (10.23%) 0.92%
Net margin (11.37%) (9.85%) (0.14%)
Free cash flow margin 2.04% 4.15% 0.00%
Return on equity (611.69%) (12.96%) 0.00%
Return on assets (11.07%) (8.49%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (7.28%) (7.40%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric FWRD PAL Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.11%) 14.92% 9.95%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 88.17% (156.08%) 5.86%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.47% — 2.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric FWRD PAL Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Debt to equity (13.94) 0.23 0.12
Current ratio 1.32 1.18 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 8.48 14.81 0.67

Dividend

Metric FWRD PAL Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Dividend yield — — 1.96%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric FWRD PAL Integrated Freight & Logistics median
Market cap 571.91m 76.59m 81.31m

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