KEX vs. MATX, INSW, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, LSTR, GXO, FRO, R, and ALK Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Matson (MATX), International Seaways (INSW), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Landstar System (LSTR), GXO Logistics (GXO), Frontline (FRO), Ryder System (R), and Alaska Air Group (ALK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Matson (NYSE:MATX ) and Kirby (NYSE:KEX ) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Matson has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Matson's net margin of 8.01%. Kirby's return on equity of 12.66% beat Matson's return on equity.
Matson currently has a consensus price target of $112.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.39%. Kirby has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.34%. Given Matson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
In the previous week, Kirby had 12 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Kirby and 10 mentions for Matson. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Matson's score of 0.53 indicating that Matson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.8% of Matson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Matson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Kirby shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kirby received 267 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
Matson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirby has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Matson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary Matson and Kirby tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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