Lindblad Expeditions (LIND) Competitors

ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARCB or LIND?

ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, 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
ArcBest	$4.27B	0.55	$195.43M	$8.10	12.37
Lindblad Expeditions	$621.48M	1.07	-$45.61M	-$0.75	-16.21

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARCB or LIND?

99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.3% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ARCB or LIND?

ArcBest presently has a consensus price target of $123.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.43%. Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus price target of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.19%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Lindblad Expeditions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArcBest	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Lindblad Expeditions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor ARCB or LIND?

In the previous week, ArcBest had 8 more articles in the media than Lindblad Expeditions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ArcBest and 2 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ArcBest's score of -0.13 indicating that Lindblad Expeditions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArcBest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lindblad Expeditions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ARCB or LIND more profitable?

ArcBest has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -5.40%. ArcBest's return on equity of 14.27% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcBest	4.54%	14.27%	7.39%
Lindblad Expeditions	-5.40%	N/A	-3.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARCB or LIND?

ArcBest received 209 more outperform votes than Lindblad Expeditions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.05% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote while only 52.90% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ArcBest	Outperform Votes 447 52.90%	Underperform Votes 398 47.10%
Lindblad Expeditions	Outperform Votes 238 58.05%	Underperform Votes 172 41.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, ARCB or LIND?

ArcBest has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 3.11, indicating that its stock price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ArcBest beats Lindblad Expeditions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.