YRC Worldwide Inc (YRCW)

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: SkyWest, YRC Worldwide, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and First American Financial

Overland Park, KS-based YRC Worldwide is the holding company for a portfolio of less-than-truckload (LTL) companies. Collectively, YRC Worldwide's companies boasts one of the largest, most comprehensive LTL networks in North America with local, regional, national and international capabilities.

The company has delivered a positive average earnings surprise of 142.6% over the last four quarters. Moreover, the company's bottom line is set to grow at an astounding rate of 131.1% this year.

Further, a P/S of 0.12x, compared to the industry average of 0.80x, suggests that the company is adequately undervalued compared to many of its peers, at least on the basis of this metric.

Moreover, analysts have great expectations from the company this year and have been revising 2015 earnings estimates upward over the past month. YRC Worldwide has seen 3 positive revisions over the past 4 weeks, resulting in a sharp spike in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2015, from 24 cents 30 days ago to $1.04 today - a massive increase of 333.3%.

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