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Ryder System (R) Competitors

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$161.86 -0.09 (-0.06%)
(As of 11:15 AM ET)

R vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, and HTLD

Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), 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.

Ryder System vs.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.65% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.83%. Ryder System's return on equity of 16.78% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J.B. Hunt Transport Services4.65% 13.92% 6.75%
Ryder System 3.83%16.78%3.16%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus target price of $190.11, suggesting a potential upside of 7.32%. Ryder System has a consensus target price of $147.43, suggesting a potential downside of 9.74%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Ryder System.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ryder System
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryder System pays out 30.3% 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. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Ryder System has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Ryder System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 6 more articles in the media than Ryder System. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 9 mentions for Ryder System. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Ryder System's score of 0.75 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ryder System
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ryder System. Ryder System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J.B. Hunt Transport Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.24B1.46$728.29M$5.5032.21
Ryder System$12.55B0.55$406M$10.6915.28

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 211 more outperform votes than Ryder System when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.78% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J.B. Hunt Transport ServicesOutperform Votes
726
58.93%
Underperform Votes
506
41.07%
Ryder SystemOutperform Votes
515
64.78%
Underperform Votes
280
35.22%

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Ryder System on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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R vs. The Competition

MetricRyder SystemAutomotive rental & leasing, without drivers IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.91B$3.04B$300.39B$19.68B
Dividend Yield1.94%1.94%4.48%3.51%
P/E Ratio15.289.0818.9143.79
Price / Sales0.550.7757.9317.84
Price / Cash3.043.5313.0321.73
Price / Book2.361.612.185.48
Net Income$406M$391.02M$543.10M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-0.54%-16.78%-1.41%-2.00%
1 Month Performance1.47%-13.30%-1.53%1.00%
1 Year Performance45.94%430.09%4.53%16.82%

Ryder System Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
R
Ryder System
3.943 of 5 stars
$161.86
-0.1%
$147.43
-8.9%
+45.3%$6.85B$12.55B15.1447,500
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.5245 of 5 stars
$178.11
-0.9%
$190.11
+6.7%
-12.3%$17.96B$12.24B32.698,756Positive News
UHAL
U-Haul
0.6597 of 5 stars
$72.85
-0.6%
N/A+13.1%$14.28B$5.63B31.5834,300
SAIA
Saia
2.2166 of 5 stars
$533.06
+0.8%
$514.88
-3.4%
+28.4%$14.18B$3.17B37.7914,000Positive News
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
3.7838 of 5 stars
$55.05
-0.7%
$56.81
+3.2%
-6.7%$8.91B$7.14B241.0134,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.3105 of 5 stars
$184.58
-0.4%
$174.25
-5.6%
-6.3%$6.52B$4.81B31.781,468Positive News
CAR
Avis Budget Group
4.9201 of 5 stars
$89.77
-2.6%
$133.75
+49.0%
-54.1%$3.15B$11.78B8.2924,500Analyst Revision
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.6328 of 5 stars
$38.31
-1.3%
$36.57
-4.5%
-9.1%$2.37B$3.10B53.199,929Positive News
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.338 of 5 stars
$16.72
-2.1%
$20.00
+19.6%
-15.8%$1.36B$1.13B40.644,213Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
2.2312 of 5 stars
$3.82
-9.5%
$4.81
+26.0%
-63.6%$1.17B$9.19B-0.4727,000Options Volume
Positive News
Gap Down
HTLD
Heartland Express
2.6294 of 5 stars
$11.70
-0.7%
$11.75
+0.4%
-14.5%$918.42M$1.08B-40.626,320Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:R) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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