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.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus target price of $194.24, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. Ryder System has a consensus target price of $126.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Given Ryder System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Ryder System.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryder System pays out 37.0% 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 19 consecutive years.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 2 more articles in the media than Ryder System. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 7 mentions for Ryder System. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.60 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 201 more outperform votes than Ryder System when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and 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.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 5.25% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 2.95%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 18.38% beat Ryder System's return on equity.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Ryder System on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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