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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Forward Air has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hub Group. 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.
Hub Group has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Forward Air's net margin of -31.14%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Forward Air's return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Forward Air shares are owned by 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 pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Forward Air pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hub Group pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Forward Air pays out -4.0% 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.
Hub Group currently has a consensus price target of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.71%. Forward Air has a consensus price target of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.38%. Given Forward Air's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forward Air is more favorable than Hub Group.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Air has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hub Group received 138 more outperform votes than Forward Air when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.84% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hub Group had 1 more articles in the media than Forward Air. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hub Group and 1 mentions for Forward Air. Forward Air's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Hub Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Forward Air is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hub Group beats Forward Air on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FWRD) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
