SNDR vs. SAIA, KNX, LSTR, ARCB, WERN, MRTN, ULH, HTLD, CVLG, and YELLQ
Should you be buying Schneider National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schneider National include Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), ArcBest (ARCB), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Universal Logistics (ULH), Heartland Express (HTLD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), and Yellow (YELLQ). These companies are all part of the "trucking, except local" industry.
Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Saia has a net margin of 12.42% compared to Saia's net margin of 2.95%. Schneider National's return on equity of 19.53% beat Saia's return on equity.
Saia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schneider National. Schneider National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saia received 45 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.73% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Saia an outperform vote.
Saia has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Saia had 7 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Saia and 3 mentions for Schneider National. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Saia's score of 0.64 indicating that Saia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Schneider National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Saia presently has a consensus price target of $494.39, indicating a potential upside of 20.74%. Schneider National has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.56%. Given Saia's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Schneider National is more favorable than Saia.
Summary
Saia beats Schneider National on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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