U-Haul (UHAL) Competitors

SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) and U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Is SP or UHAL more profitable?

U-Haul has a net margin of 11.01% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 1.68%. U-Haul's return on equity of 21.93% beat SP Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SP Plus	1.68%	21.93%	4.78%
U-Haul	11.01%	8.83%	3.33%

Does the media refer more to SP or UHAL?

In the previous week, U-Haul had 2 more articles in the media than SP Plus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for U-Haul and 10 mentions for SP Plus. U-Haul's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat SP Plus' score of -0.09 indicating that SP Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SP Plus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
U-Haul	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend SP or UHAL?

SP Plus presently has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Given U-Haul's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SP Plus is more favorable than U-Haul.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SP Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
U-Haul	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, SP or UHAL?

SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U-Haul has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SP or UHAL?

SP Plus received 9 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SP Plus	Outperform Votes 272 59.65%	Underperform Votes 184 40.35%
U-Haul	Outperform Votes 263 65.59%	Underperform Votes 138 34.41%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SP or UHAL?

U-Haul has higher revenue and earnings than SP Plus. U-Haul is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, 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
SP Plus	$1.81B	0.59	$31.10M	$1.52	35.52
U-Haul	$5.63B	2.20	$923M	$3.04	20.73

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SP or UHAL?

94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of U-Haul shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.0% of U-Haul shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SP Plus and U-Haul tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.