KNX vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, R, LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, and HTLD
Should you be buying Knight-Swift Transportation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knight-Swift Transportation include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Knight-Swift Transportation vs.
Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 1.59%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 14.05% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.
88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 87.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 49 more outperform votes than J.B. Hunt Transport Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 4 more articles in the media than Knight-Swift Transportation. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 6 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.77 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Knight-Swift Transportation currently has a consensus price target of $59.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $191.11, indicating a potential upside of 16.54%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Knight-Swift Transportation on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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