TuSimple (NASDAQ:TSP – Get Free Report) and Mullen Group (OTCMKTS:MLLGF – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares TuSimple and Mullen Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TuSimple | $6.26 million | 83.56 | -$732.67 million | ($2.02) | -1.15 |
| Mullen Group | N/A | N/A | N/A | $1.00 | 11.39 |
Mullen Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TuSimple. TuSimple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mullen Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
25.1% of TuSimple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of Mullen Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of TuSimple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares TuSimple and Mullen Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TuSimple | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mullen Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for TuSimple and Mullen Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TuSimple | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.56 |
| Mullen Group | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.60 |
TuSimple currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 264.81%. Mullen Group has a consensus target price of $17.07, indicating a potential upside of 50.50%. Given TuSimple’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TuSimple is more favorable than Mullen Group.
Summary
Mullen Group beats TuSimple on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TuSimple
TuSimple Holdings Inc., an autonomous technology company, develops autonomous technology specifically designed for semi-trucks in the United States and internationally. It intends to produce a line of purpose-built (Level 4) L4 autonomous semi-trucks for the North American market. The company operates its Autonomous Freight Network (AFN) L4 autonomous semi-trucks equipped with its autonomous driving technology. Its AFN is an ecosystem that consists of L4 autonomous semi-trucks, high definition digital mapped routes, terminals, and TuSimple Connect, a cloud-based autonomous operations oversight system. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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 ecommerce transactions and transload facilities for intermodal and bulk shipments; technology solutions, including transportation management, inventory management, and warehouse management systems; and warehousing and distribution services. The Specialized & Industrial Services segment provides production services, well servicing, production fluid transportation, transportation of fluids for disposal, frac support, hydrovac excavation, and industrial cleaning and turnaround services; and specialized services comprising dredging and dewatering services, large diameter pipe stockpiling and stringing services, water management, environmental services, civil construction, municipal development and emergency services, hydrostatic testing services to the pipeline industry and midstream sector, and transporting of oversize and overweight shipments, as well as deals in original equipment manufacturer parts and services. This segment also offers drilling and drilling related services, consisting of transportation, handling, and storage of oilfield fluids, tubulars, and drilling mud; drilling rig relocation; general oilfield hauling; well disposal facility; core drilling; setting surface casing; and conductor pipe setting 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. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Okotoks, Canada.
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