EXPD vs. CHRW, LUV, JBHT, UAL, UHAL, ZTO, XPO, TFII, SAIA, and ASR
Should you be buying Expeditors International of Washington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expeditors International of Washington include C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Southwest Airlines (LUV), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), United Airlines (UAL), U-Haul (UHAL), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), XPO (XPO), TFI International (TFII), Saia (SAIA), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 139 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.20% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote while only 47.73% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.
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.
Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, C.H. Robinson Worldwide had 14 more articles in the media than Expeditors International of Washington. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide and 9 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Expeditors International of Washington's score of 1.00 indicating that C.H. Robinson Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.81% compared to C.H. Robinson Worldwide's net margin of 1.74%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 28.89% beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity.
Expeditors International of Washington presently has a consensus target price of $111.63, suggesting a potential downside of 5.32%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a consensus target price of $82.60, suggesting a potential downside of 1.80%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Expeditors International of Washington beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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