Lakeside (LSH) versus The Competition Head to Head Comparison

Lakeside (NASDAQ:LSH) is one of 45 publicly-traded companies in the “TRANS – SERVICES” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Lakeside to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lakeside	-29.49%	-236.84%	-46.64%
Lakeside Competitors	2.83%	-225.72%	-0.80%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Lakeside and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lakeside	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lakeside Competitors	469	1467	1594	94	2.36

As a group, “TRANS – SERVICES” companies have a potential upside of 8.31%. Given Lakeside’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lakeside has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lakeside	$17.79 million	-$5.25 million	-1.38
Lakeside Competitors	$8.79 billion	$179.07 million	18.03

Lakeside’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Lakeside. Lakeside 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 and Insider Ownership

55.5% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Lakeside shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Lakeside has a beta of 2.88, suggesting that its share price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeside’s rivals have a beta of 0.87, suggesting that their average share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lakeside rivals beat Lakeside on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lakeside

Lakeside Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides integrated cross-border supply chain solution in the United States, China, South Korea, and internationally. It offers a range of integrated services under cross-border ocean freight solutions and cross-border airfreight solutions, including cross-border freight consolidation and forwarding services, customs clearance services, warehousing and distribution services, and U.S. domestic ground transportation services. The company customers include logistics service companies serving e-commerce platforms, social commerce platforms, and manufacturers to sell and transport consumer and industrial goods. Lakeside Holding Limited was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. Lakeside Holding Limited operates as a subsidiary of Jiushen Transport LLC.