CSX vs. KSU, UNP, CNI, NSC, GE, UPS, CP, FDX, ODFL, and DAL
Should you be buying CSX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSX include Kansas City Southern (KSU), Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Norfolk Southern (NSC), General Electric (GE), United Parcel Service (UPS), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), and Delta Air Lines (DAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
CSX has a net margin of 24.75% compared to Kansas City Southern's net margin of 3.33%. CSX's return on equity of 29.58% beat Kansas City Southern's return on equity.
In the previous week, CSX had 19 more articles in the media than Kansas City Southern. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CSX and 2 mentions for Kansas City Southern. CSX's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Kansas City Southern's score of -0.18 indicating that CSX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CSX presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given CSX's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CSX is more favorable than Kansas City Southern.
CSX has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kansas City Southern has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kansas City Southern received 131 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.47% of users gave CSX an outperform vote while only 52.56% of users gave Kansas City Southern an outperform vote.
CSX has higher revenue and earnings than Kansas City Southern. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kansas City Southern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Kansas City Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CSX pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kansas City Southern pays out 211.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CSX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Kansas City Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Kansas City Southern shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CSX beats Kansas City Southern on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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