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.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 61 more outperform votes than J.B. Hunt Transport Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.37% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 58.99% 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 J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 1.50%. Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity of 16.25% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 6 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 3 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Knight-Swift Transportation's score of 0.99 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services currently has a consensus price target of $194.24, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus price target of $57.38, suggesting a potential upside of 18.93%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Knight-Swift Transportation.
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 an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Knight-Swift Transportation has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Knight-Swift Transportation on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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