HTLD vs. CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, FRPH, ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, and KNX
Should you be buying Heartland Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heartland Express include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), FRP (FRPH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Heartland Express vs.
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 3.34% compared to Heartland Express' net margin of -2.11%. Heartland Express' return on equity of -2.70% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus price target of $133.75, suggesting a potential upside of 48.31%. Heartland Express has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.72%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Heartland Express.
In the previous week, Heartland Express had 1 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Heartland Express and 3 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Heartland Express' score of 0.34 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heartland Express has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of Heartland Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Heartland Express shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Heartland Express received 71 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.12% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote while only 48.55% of users gave Heartland Express an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Heartland Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avis Budget Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Heartland Express on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTLD) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
