HUBG vs. ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, FDX, XPO, EXPD, RKLB, CHRW, and BCO
Should you be buying Hub Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hub Group include Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), 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 Brink's (BCO).
Hub Group vs.
Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Air Transport Services Group. Air Transport Services Group 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 Air Transport Services Group's net margin of -0.12%. Hub Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Air Transport Services Group's return on equity.
Hub Group received 190 more outperform votes than Air Transport Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.84% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote while only 51.76% of users gave Air Transport Services Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Air Transport Services Group had 7 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Air Transport Services Group and 1 mentions for Hub Group. Air Transport Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Hub Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Air Transport Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Air Transport Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $20.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.62%. Hub Group has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Hub Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Air Transport Services Group.
91.8% of Air Transport Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Air Transport Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hub Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Air Transport Services Group has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hub Group beats Air Transport Services Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HUBG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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