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$37.72 -0.43 (-1.13%)
As of 03/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HUBG vs. RKLB, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, FDX, EXPD, XPO, CHRW, and BCO

Should you be buying Hub Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hub Group include Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and Brink's (BCO).

Hub Group vs.

Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Hub Group currently has a consensus target price of $47.82, suggesting a potential upside of 26.77%. Rocket Lab USA has a consensus target price of $23.06, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Hub Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Rocket Lab USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hub Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Rocket Lab USA
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hub Group$3.95B0.59$103.99M$1.7022.19
Rocket Lab USA$436.21M21.08-$182.57M-$0.37-54.78

In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 55 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 5 mentions for Hub Group. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Rocket Lab USA's score of 0.23 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hub Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Rocket Lab USA
17 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hub Group has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Rocket Lab USA's net margin of -51.76%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Rocket Lab USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hub Group2.64% 7.10% 4.08%
Rocket Lab USA -51.76%-39.47%-16.87%

Hub Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hub Group received 422 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.17% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hub GroupOutperform Votes
470
53.78%
Underperform Votes
404
46.22%
Rocket Lab USAOutperform Votes
48
55.17%
Underperform Votes
39
44.83%

Summary

Hub Group beats Rocket Lab USA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HUBG vs. The Competition

MetricHub GroupFreight transportation arrangement IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.32B$3.47B$286.07B$8.30B
Dividend Yield1.36%1.57%3.93%4.02%
P/E Ratio22.1914.0013.7419.25
Price / Sales0.591.07221.6294.10
Price / Cash8.529.8411.6934.64
Price / Book1.373.041.924.46
Net Income$103.99M$179.78M$544.29M$247.07M
7 Day Performance2.58%4.93%-0.74%1.77%
1 Month Performance-7.48%3.68%-4.49%-3.31%
1 Year Performance-8.84%48.07%-3.05%5.26%

Hub Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUBG
Hub Group
4.3246 of 5 stars
$37.72
-1.1%
$47.82
+26.8%
-8.6%$2.32B$3.95B22.195,950Positive News
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA
2.4751 of 5 stars
$19.10
+1.5%
$23.06
+20.7%
+396.8%$8.66B$436.21M-51.621,180
ATSG
Air Transport Services Group
2.7304 of 5 stars
$22.31
-0.1%
$20.60
-7.7%
+70.0%$1.47B$1.96B-557.615,320Positive News
FWRD
Forward Air
2.4784 of 5 stars
$20.25
+1.3%
$37.00
+82.7%
-27.8%$586.32M$2.47B-0.854,251Positive News
PKOH
Park-Ohio
2.8343 of 5 stars
$21.75
+1.0%
N/A-15.7%$309.52M$1.66B17.406,900
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.9188 of 5 stars
$118.13
+1.2%
$138.09
+16.9%
-29.7%$100.91B$91.07B17.48536,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FDX
FedEx
4.6058 of 5 stars
$245.46
+1.3%
$318.04
+29.6%
-14.6%$59.12B$87.39B15.64430,000Earnings Report
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Gap Up
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
3.2701 of 5 stars
$117.01
+1.6%
$115.90
-0.9%
-1.4%$16.15B$10.60B20.4618,000Positive News
XPO
XPO
4.6614 of 5 stars
$111.23
+3.7%
$158.47
+42.5%
-10.5%$13.04B$8.07B34.4423,000
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.6212 of 5 stars
$101.00
+2.7%
$117.65
+16.5%
+33.7%$11.99B$17.72B26.2317,400Positive News
BCO
Brink's
4.5823 of 5 stars
$86.52
+0.9%
$138.00
+59.5%
-1.4%$3.73B$5.01B32.7774,500Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:HUBG) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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