FRP (FRPH) Competitors

FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) and Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FRPH or WERN?

Werner Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than FRP. Werner Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FRP, 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
FRP	$41.51M	13.96	$5.30M	$0.40	76.10
Werner Enterprises	$3.28B	0.69	$112.38M	$0.73	50.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FRPH or WERN?

Werner Enterprises received 182 more outperform votes than FRP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave FRP an outperform vote while only 49.84% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FRP	Outperform Votes 273 63.79%	Underperform Votes 155 36.21%
Werner Enterprises	Outperform Votes 455 49.84%	Underperform Votes 458 50.16%

Does the media prefer FRPH or WERN?

In the previous week, Werner Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than FRP. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Werner Enterprises and 2 mentions for FRP. FRP's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Werner Enterprises' score of -0.24 indicating that FRP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FRP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Werner Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FRPH or WERN more profitable?

FRP has a net margin of 18.35% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 1.48%. Werner Enterprises' return on equity of 3.58% beat FRP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FRP	18.35%	1.67%	1.06%
Werner Enterprises	1.48%	3.58%	1.71%

Do analysts rate FRPH or WERN?

Werner Enterprises has a consensus price target of $37.14, suggesting a potential upside of 1.76%. Given Werner Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Werner Enterprises is more favorable than FRP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FRP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Werner Enterprises	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FRPH or WERN?

45.4% of FRP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of FRP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, FRPH or WERN?

FRP has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Werner Enterprises has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Werner Enterprises beats FRP on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.