ULH vs. YRCW, SNDR, ARCB, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, CVLG, YELLQ, PTSI, and ODFL
Should you be buying Universal Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Logistics include YRC Worldwide (YRCW), Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Yellow (YELLQ), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) and YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Universal Logistics has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YRC Worldwide has a beta of 3.32, suggesting that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.
YRC Worldwide received 46 more outperform votes than Universal Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave YRC Worldwide an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Universal Logistics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Universal Logistics had 2 more articles in the media than YRC Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Universal Logistics and 0 mentions for YRC Worldwide. Universal Logistics' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat YRC Worldwide's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Logistics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of YRC Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Universal Logistics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of YRC Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Logistics has a net margin of 7.02% compared to YRC Worldwide's net margin of -1.40%. Universal Logistics' return on equity of 22.78% beat YRC Worldwide's return on equity.
Universal Logistics currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.14%. Given Universal Logistics' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Universal Logistics is more favorable than YRC Worldwide.
Universal Logistics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YRC Worldwide. YRC Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Logistics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Universal Logistics beats YRC Worldwide on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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