ATSG vs. HUBG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, FDX, XPO, EXPD, RKLB, CHRW, and AIRT
Should you be buying Air Transport Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Transport Services Group include Hub Group (HUBG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and Air T (AIRT).
Air Transport Services Group vs.
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Air Transport Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Air Transport Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Air Transport Services Group. Air Transport Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hub Group has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Air Transport Services Group's net margin of -0.12%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Air Transport Services Group's return on equity.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Transport Services Group has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hub Group received 190 more outperform votes than Air Transport Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.84% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote while only 51.76% of users gave Air Transport Services Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Air Transport Services Group had 6 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Air Transport Services Group and 1 mentions for Hub Group. Air Transport Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Hub Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Air Transport Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hub Group currently has a consensus price target of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Air Transport Services Group has a consensus price target of $20.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.62%. Given Hub Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Air Transport Services Group.
Summary
Hub Group beats Air Transport Services Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATSG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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