CHRW vs. BCO, EXPD, HUBG, PAC, SAIA, AAL, ASR, TFII, KNX, and KEX
Should you be buying C.H. Robinson Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C.H. Robinson Worldwide include Brink's (BCO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Hub Group (HUBG), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), Saia (SAIA), American Airlines Group (AAL), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), TFI International (TFII), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), and Kirby (KEX).
Brink's (NYSE:BCO) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Brink's pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brink's has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and C.H. Robinson Worldwide has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years. C.H. Robinson Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Brink's has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brink's and Brink's both had 9 articles in the media. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's score of 0.52 indicating that C.H. Robinson Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 72 more outperform votes than Brink's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 47.73% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.
95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brink's has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Brink's' net margin of 1.74%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity of 59.84% beat Brink's' return on equity.
Brink's presently has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.37%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a consensus target price of $82.60, indicating a potential downside of 3.15%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brink's is more favorable than C.H. Robinson Worldwide.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Brink's. C.H. Robinson Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brink's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brink's beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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