Stocks · Industrials · Integrated Freight & Logistics
Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. Common Stock PAL
$3.56 +1.71% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $98.9M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 66% below its highest close of the past year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -43.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 59.0 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 32%
- Gross marginTop 47%
- Operating marginBottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
- Interest coverBottom 35%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 3%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 19%
- 6-month returnBottom 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 9%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 27.6% | 6.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 11.1% | 29.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -1.8% | 2.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 4.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.8% | 27.6% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 11.1% | ↑ | Top 47% |
| Operating margin | 2.0% | -1.8% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Net margin | -9.2% | -2.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.1% | 4.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.6% | — | Bottom 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 49.0% | — | Top 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -13.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.91×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.73%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $12.00
- Target vs current price
- +237.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -105.1% | -1.4% | -25.1% | -30.2% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -800.0% | +0.3% | -25.7% | -11.5% | -7.0% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | +133.3% | -0.4% | -32.6% | -36.1% | -33.0% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | -28.6% | +2.0% | +7.1% | +49.6% | +62.5% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -36.4% | -1.3% | +30.7% | +24.1% | +22.5% |
| May 7, 2025 | -50.0% | -0.2% | -1.1% | -7.1% | -19.2% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +100.0% | +2.0% | +1.1% | -4.3% | -23.0% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +16.7% | +8.5% | -0.8% | +4.1% | -12.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.00 | $0.06 | -105.1% | $109.4M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.09 | -$0.01 | -800.0% | $93.7M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.09 | +133.3% | $105.4M |
| Nov 11, 2025 | $0.05 | $0.07 | -28.6% | $114.3M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.11 | -36.4% | $115.5M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.02 | -50.0% | $95.2M |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.02 | $0.01 | +100.0% | $95.1M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.06 | +16.7% | $91.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 61.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.4× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.41× | — | — | Top 3% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 17.33% | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | -39.33% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.0× – 37.8× since Dec 31, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -16.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -32.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -49.2%
- RSI (14)
- 23.8
- Relative volume
- 0.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 88.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 85th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.03
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -66.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -83.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2024 | Sep 30, 2026 | -83.0% | 533 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $98.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.40
- Revenue (TTM)
- $422.8M
- 52-week range
- $3.34 – $10.97
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $130.2M | $135.8M | $240.9M | $430.4M |
| Gross profit | $20.4M | $17.5M | $46.2M | $33.9M |
| Operating income | $14.7M | $10.4M | -$7.9M | $16.4M |
| Net income | $10.4M | $7.2M | -$8.5M | -$33.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.40 | $0.30 | -$0.47 | -$1.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $91.5M | $93.4M | $95.2M | $115.5M | $114.3M | $105.4M | $93.7M | $109.4M |
| Net income | -$1.4M | -$3.2M | -$3.2M | -$1.6M | -$3.0M | -$25.7M | -$6.5M | -$3.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.05 | -$0.12 | -$0.12 | -$0.06 | -$0.11 | -$0.92 | -$0.23 | -$0.14 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $5.9M | $10.7M | $10.7M | $33.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$642,986 | -$515,661 | -$6.2M | -$3.9M |
| Free cash flow | $5.3M | $10.2M | $4.5M | $29.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $212.3M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.1M
- Total assets
- $460.5M
- Total liabilities
- $157.3M
- Total debt
- $82.4M
- Net debt
- $74.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $303.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,310,394
- Days to cover
- 9.36
- Change vs previous report
- +8.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.