Hub Group (HUBG) Competitors

Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate ECHO or HUBG?

Hub Group has a consensus price target of $46.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.69%. Given Hub Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Echo Global Logistics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Echo Global Logistics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hub Group	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ECHO or HUBG?

91.6% of Echo Global Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Echo Global Logistics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hub Group 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.

Does the media prefer ECHO or HUBG?

In the previous week, Hub Group had 11 more articles in the media than Echo Global Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hub Group and 1 mentions for Echo Global Logistics. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Echo Global Logistics' score of 0.20 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Echo Global Logistics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hub Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ECHO or HUBG?

Hub Group received 54 more outperform votes than Echo Global Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.14% of users gave Echo Global Logistics an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Echo Global Logistics	Outperform Votes 413 55.14%	Underperform Votes 336 44.86%
Hub Group	Outperform Votes 467 53.74%	Underperform Votes 402 46.26%

Which has more risk & volatility, ECHO or HUBG?

Echo Global Logistics has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ECHO or HUBG?

Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Echo Global Logistics. Echo Global Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, 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
Echo Global Logistics	$2.51B	0.51	$15.83M	$2.18	22.13
Hub Group	$4.20B	0.73	$167.53M	$1.76	28.22

Is ECHO or HUBG more profitable?

Hub Group has a net margin of 2.74% compared to Echo Global Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. Echo Global Logistics' return on equity of 16.28% beat Hub Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Echo Global Logistics	1.68%	16.28%	6.58%
Hub Group	2.74%	7.44%	4.21%

Summary

Hub Group beats Echo Global Logistics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.