MATX vs. KEX, INSW, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, SNDR, EURN, JOBY, OMAB, and CPA
Should you be buying Matson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matson include Kirby (KEX), International Seaways (INSW), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Schneider National (SNDR), Euronav (EURN), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), and Copa (CPA). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Matson (NYSE:MATX) and Kirby (NYSE:KEX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Matson presently has a consensus price target of $112.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.39%. Kirby has a consensus price target of $116.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. Given Kirby's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Matson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirby received 267 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kirby had 11 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Kirby and 10 mentions for Matson. Matson's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Kirby's score of 0.52 indicating that Matson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.8% of Matson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Matson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Kirby shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Matson has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Kirby's net margin of 8.01%. Matson's return on equity of 12.66% beat Kirby's return on equity.
Matson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirby has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Matson and Kirby tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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