MRTN vs. CAR, WERN, HTZ, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, and KNX
Should you be buying Marten Transport stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marten Transport include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Marten Transport vs.
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) 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.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus target price of $133.75, indicating a potential upside of 47.95%. Marten Transport has a consensus target price of $19.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.49%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Marten Transport.
Avis Budget Group received 12 more outperform votes than Marten Transport when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.67% of users gave Marten Transport an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Marten Transport has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marten Transport, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Marten Transport shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Marten Transport 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.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 14 more articles in the media than Marten Transport. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 0 mentions for Marten Transport. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Marten Transport's score of 0.00 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marten Transport has a net margin of 2.79% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -15.45%. Marten Transport's return on equity of 3.52% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marten Transport has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Marten Transport on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MRTN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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