FWRD vs. HUBG, ATSG, PKOH, UPS, FDX, XPO, EXPD, CHRW, RKLB, and CRGO
Should you be buying Forward Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Air include Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), and Freightos (CRGO).
Forward Air vs.
Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Hub Group has a net margin of 2.74% compared to Forward Air's net margin of -31.14%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.44% beat Forward Air's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hub Group had 4 more articles in the media than Forward Air. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hub Group and 3 mentions for Forward Air. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Forward Air's score of 1.08 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Forward Air presently has a consensus price target of $39.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.96%. Hub Group has a consensus price target of $46.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.63%. Given Forward Air's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Forward Air is more favorable than Hub Group.
Hub Group received 135 more outperform votes than Forward Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.98% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.
Forward Air pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hub Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Forward Air pays out -4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hub Group pays out 28.4% 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. Forward Air is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
97.0% of Forward Air shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Forward Air shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hub Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Forward Air. Forward Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Forward Air has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hub Group beats Forward Air on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FWRD) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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