ArcBest (ARCB) Competitors

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DINO or ARCB?

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DINO or ARCB more profitable?

ArcBest has a net margin of 4.16% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 0.62%. ArcBest's return on equity of 11.79% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%
ArcBest	4.16%	11.79%	6.23%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DINO or ARCB?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.19	$1.59B	$0.82	34.45
ArcBest	$4.18B	0.33	$173.96M	$7.33	8.10

Is DINO or ARCB a better dividend stock?

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. HF Sinclair pays out 243.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ArcBest pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, DINO or ARCB?

HF Sinclair has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DINO or ARCB?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 2 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HF Sinclair and 20 mentions for ArcBest. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ArcBest's score of 0.41 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ArcBest	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DINO or ARCB?

ArcBest received 414 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.68% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote while only 33.04% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 38 33.04%	Underperform Votes 77 66.96%
ArcBest	Outperform Votes 452 52.68%	Underperform Votes 406 47.32%

Do analysts rate DINO or ARCB?

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $45.10, suggesting a potential upside of 59.64%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $101.75, suggesting a potential upside of 71.46%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
ArcBest	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Summary

ArcBest beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.