C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Competitors

Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EXPD or CHRW?

Expeditors International of Washington has higher earnings, but lower revenue than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. Expeditors International of Washington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C.H. Robinson Worldwide, 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
Expeditors International of Washington	$10.60B	1.54	$752.88M	$5.72	20.70
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	$17.72B	0.67	$465.69M	$3.85	25.97

Do analysts recommend EXPD or CHRW?

Expeditors International of Washington presently has a consensus target price of $115.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.12%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a consensus target price of $117.65, suggesting a potential upside of 17.65%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expeditors International of Washington	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is EXPD or CHRW a better dividend stock?

Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Expeditors International of Washington has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and C.H. Robinson Worldwide has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years.

Is EXPD or CHRW more profitable?

Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.64% compared to C.H. Robinson Worldwide's net margin of 2.63%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 36.16% beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expeditors International of Washington	7.64%	36.16%	16.88%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	2.63%	34.53%	9.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EXPD or CHRW?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 159 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.09% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote while only 47.44% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Expeditors International of Washington	Outperform Votes 379 49.09%	Underperform Votes 393 50.91%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	Outperform Votes 538 47.44%	Underperform Votes 596 52.56%

Which has more volatility and risk, EXPD or CHRW?

Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EXPD or CHRW?

94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer EXPD or CHRW?

In the previous week, C.H. Robinson Worldwide had 1 more articles in the media than Expeditors International of Washington. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide and 12 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Expeditors International of Washington's score of 1.47 indicating that C.H. Robinson Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Expeditors International of Washington	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Expeditors International of Washington beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.