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$163.58 -15.31 (-8.56%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$163.75 +0.17 (+0.11%)
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HRI vs. FTAI, WSC, HEES, VIK, LUV, JBHT, XPO, EXPD, UHAL, and SAIA

Should you be buying Herc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herc include FTAI Aviation (FTAI), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Viking (VIK), Southwest Airlines (LUV), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), U-Haul (UHAL), and Saia (SAIA).

Herc vs.

Herc (NYSE:HRI) and FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Herc currently has a consensus price target of $219.75, suggesting a potential upside of 34.34%. FTAI Aviation has a consensus price target of $171.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.82%. Given Herc's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Herc is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Herc
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
FTAI Aviation
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Herc has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Aviation has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.1% of Herc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Herc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Herc pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Herc pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FTAI Aviation pays out -1,199.9% 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.

FTAI Aviation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Herc. FTAI Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Herc$3.57B1.30$211M$7.4122.08
FTAI Aviation$1.17B11.33$212.02M-$0.10-1,292.97

FTAI Aviation received 68 more outperform votes than Herc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Herc an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HercOutperform Votes
273
58.84%
Underperform Votes
191
41.16%
FTAI AviationOutperform Votes
341
64.34%
Underperform Votes
189
35.66%

Herc has a net margin of 5.91% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 1.59%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 206.25% beat Herc's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Herc5.91% 26.48% 4.76%
FTAI Aviation 1.59%206.25%8.37%

In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 20 more articles in the media than Herc. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 16 mentions for Herc. Herc's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.10 indicating that Herc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Herc
7 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FTAI Aviation
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

FTAI Aviation beats Herc on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HRI vs. The Competition

MetricHercequipment rental & leasing IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.65B$7.01B$305.02B$20.03B
Dividend Yield1.56%1.20%4.25%3.65%
P/E Ratio22.08122.5513.2734.88
Price / Sales1.304.4657.5315.60
Price / Cash4.3412.3412.4720.85
Price / Book3.3318.012.034.92
Net Income$211M$213.60M$552.84M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-18.67%1.33%-2.31%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-22.08%9.77%-2.90%-1.39%
1 Year Performance10.78%45.95%2.56%13.93%

Herc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRI
Herc
4.0216 of 5 stars
$163.58
-8.6%
$219.75
+34.3%
+10.8%$4.65B$3.57B22.087,600Ex-Dividend
High Trading Volume
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.1065 of 5 stars
$113.59
+5.3%
$171.75
+51.2%
+142.3%$11.65B$1.17B-1,135.7940
WSC
WillScot Mobile Mini
4.1196 of 5 stars
$38.02
-0.7%
$45.50
+19.7%
-27.5%$7.02B$2.36B345.675,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
3.621 of 5 stars
$87.56
+0.1%
$69.25
-20.9%
+79.1%$3.20B$1.47B22.222,765Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
VIK
Viking
2.2938 of 5 stars
$51.34
-1.9%
$45.13
-12.1%
N/A$22.15B$5.10B0.009,500
LUV
Southwest Airlines
3.4347 of 5 stars
$30.21
+0.9%
$31.78
+5.2%
-13.7%$18.12B$27.48B41.9574,806
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.5667 of 5 stars
$169.98
+2.7%
$191.11
+12.4%
-17.5%$17.14B$12.09B30.578,756
XPO
XPO
4.6763 of 5 stars
$145.65
+1.5%
$161.13
+10.6%
+4.6%$17.08B$8.07B45.0938,000
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
3.5697 of 5 stars
$113.82
+1.0%
$117.44
+3.2%
-1.3%$15.93B$9.30B22.1918,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
UHAL
U-Haul
0.561 of 5 stars
$74.66
+1.1%
N/A+7.9%$14.64B$5.63B34.5632,200Insider Trade
SAIA
Saia
3.6602 of 5 stars
$487.53
+1.1%
$535.41
+9.8%
-25.7%$12.96B$3.21B36.0914,000Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:HRI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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