KNX vs. LSTR, SAIA, WERN, JBHT, SNDR, ARCB, KEX, PAC, GXO, and CHRW
Should you be buying Knight-Swift Transportation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knight-Swift Transportation include Landstar System (LSTR), Saia (SAIA), Werner Enterprises (WERN), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), Kirby (KEX), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), GXO Logistics (GXO), and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Landstar System has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 1.50%. Landstar System's return on equity of 23.11% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.
In the previous week, Knight-Swift Transportation and Knight-Swift Transportation both had 11 articles in the media. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Landstar System's score of 0.39 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 269 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.37% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.
Landstar System has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. Landstar System 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.
88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds 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%. Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Landstar System pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Knight-Swift Transportation presently has a consensus target price of $57.38, suggesting a potential upside of 16.78%. Landstar System has a consensus target price of $183.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.07%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than Landstar System.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Knight-Swift Transportation beats Landstar System on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KNX 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 NYSE 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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