Ryder System (R) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in R or JBHT?

87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Ryder System shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor R or JBHT?

In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 18 more articles in the media than Ryder System. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 16 mentions for Ryder System. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.83 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryder System	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor R or JBHT?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 227 more outperform votes than Ryder System when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.63% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryder System	Outperform Votes 517 64.63%	Underperform Votes 283 35.38%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	Outperform Votes 744 59.19%	Underperform Votes 513 40.81%

Do analysts prefer R or JBHT?

Ryder System currently has a consensus price target of $157.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.51%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $177.55, suggesting a potential upside of 28.83%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' higher possible upside, 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
Ryder System	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is R or JBHT a better dividend stock?

Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ryder System pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.7% 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. Ryder System has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Ryder System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, R or JBHT?

Ryder System has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, R or JBHT?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ryder System	$12.71B	0.46	$489M	$11.09	12.70
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	$12.09B	1.14	$570.89M	$5.56	24.79

Is R or JBHT more profitable?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.87%. Ryder System's return on equity of 17.23% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryder System	3.87%	17.23%	3.21%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	4.72%	14.05%	6.83%

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Ryder System on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.