JBHT vs. SAIA, KNX, LSTR, ODFL, LUV, EXPD, UAL, UHAL, ZTO, and XPO
Should you be buying J.B. Hunt Transport Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services include Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), United Airlines (UAL), U-Haul (UHAL), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), and XPO (XPO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Saia. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Saia had 2 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Saia and 9 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Saia's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.85 indicating that Saia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saia has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 243 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.51% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
Saia has a net margin of 12.42% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 5.25%. Saia's return on equity of 19.53% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus target price of $194.24, suggesting a potential upside of 17.86%. Saia has a consensus target price of $497.22, suggesting a potential upside of 24.57%. Given Saia's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Saia is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
Summary
Saia beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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