Risk factor
Very high price volatility
Profitability factor
Greatly undervalued vs peers
About
Headquartered in New York, NY, Janel Corporation was founded in 1974 and provides a range of services worldwide through its various subsidiaries. The firm adopted its current name in April 2015, previously known as Janel World Trade Ltd. Janel operates across three core business segments: Logistics, Manufacturing, and Life Sciences. The Logistics segment specializes in global cargo movement and supply chain management. This encompasses freight forwarding across air, ocean, and ground modalities, alongside customs brokerage, warehousing, distribution, and supplementary services such as customs filing, cargo insurance procurement, strategic logistics planning, product repackaging, and real-time shipment tracking. Within the Manufacturing division, the company develops and distributes mixing apparatus and equipment catering to diverse industries, including chemicals, inks, paints, construction, plastics, adhesives, cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. Lastly, the Life Sciences segment is dedicated to the production and supply of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents, and other immunologic reagents crucial for biomedical research. This segment further supports academic and industrial research scientists through antibody manufacturing, and produces items for other life science enterprises on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is greatly undervalued relative to its peers. In particular, the stock is underpriced on P/E, 'cheap' on EV/EBIT