KNX vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, LSTR, R, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, and HTLD
Should you be buying Knight-Swift Transportation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knight-Swift Transportation include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 61 more outperform votes than J.B. Hunt Transport Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 5.25% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 1.50%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 16.25% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.
In the previous week, Knight-Swift Transportation had 2 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation and 7 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Knight-Swift Transportation's score of 1.01 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Knight-Swift Transportation currently has a consensus price target of $57.29, suggesting a potential upside of 17.20%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $192.76, suggesting a potential upside of 20.32%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Knight-Swift Transportation.
88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Knight-Swift Transportation on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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