WERN vs. ARCB, ULH, SNDR, KNX, LSTR, R, CAR, MRTN, HTZ, and HTLD
Should you be buying Werner Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Werner Enterprises include ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), Schneider National (SNDR), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Werner Enterprises received 16 more outperform votes than ArcBest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.24% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote while only 51.02% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.
ArcBest has a net margin of 2.80% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 2.59%. ArcBest's return on equity of 15.27% beat Werner Enterprises' return on equity.
Werner Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.69%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $142.69, indicating a potential upside of 35.23%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.
In the previous week, Werner Enterprises had 8 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Werner Enterprises and 6 mentions for ArcBest. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 0.38 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Werner Enterprises pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of ArcBest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Werner Enterprises. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Werner Enterprises has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ArcBest beats Werner Enterprises on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WERN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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