Head to Head Analysis: DSV A/S (DSDVF) and Its Peers

Dividends

DSV A/S pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. DSV A/S pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.6% and pay out 51.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares DSV A/S and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DSV A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
DSV A/S Competitors	-461.09%	-1.84%	-8.34%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.5% of DSV A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DSV A/S and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DSV A/S	N/A	N/A	25.45
DSV A/S Competitors	$12.35 billion	$608.26 million	14.28

DSV A/S’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than DSV A/S. DSV A/S is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

DSV A/S beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About DSV A/S

DSV A/S offers transport and logistics services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It operates through three segments: Air & Sea, Road, and Solutions. The company provides air freight, air freight compliance and carrier, and rail freight services; sea freight, and sea freight compliance and carrier services, as well as freight containers. It also offers road freight services, such as part and full loads, groupage, specialized transport, express, and online and document handling services; and workshops. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions for automotive, technology, healthcare, energy, industrial, retail/ fashion, and chemical sectors; and inventory management solutions. Further, it offers special project transport services, such as industrial projects, renewable energy, government logistics, ship charter, and air charter services; and courier and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as DSV Panalpina A/S and changed its name to DSV A/S in September 2021. DSV A/S was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.