FWRD vs. HUBG, ATSG, PKOH, UPS, FDX, XPO, EXPD, RKLB, CHRW, 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), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and Freightos (CRGO).
Forward Air vs.
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Hub Group currently has a consensus price target of $47.58, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Forward Air has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Hub Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Forward Air.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Air has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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, Forward Air had 1 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Forward Air and 4 mentions for Hub Group. Forward Air's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Hub Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Forward Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Forward Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Forward Air shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hub Group received 137 more outperform votes than Forward Air when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.90% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Hub Group beats Forward Air on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FWRD) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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