Schneider National (SNDR) Competitors

Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is SNDR or PAA more profitable?

Schneider National has a net margin of 2.21% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 11.69% beat Schneider National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schneider National	2.21%	4.12%	2.67%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Do analysts recommend SNDR or PAA?

Schneider National presently has a consensus target price of $29.69, indicating a potential upside of 26.50%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus target price of $20.23, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Given Schneider National's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Schneider National is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schneider National	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Plains All American Pipeline	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SNDR or PAA?

28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of Schneider National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, SNDR or PAA?

Schneider National has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SNDR or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 262 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schneider National	Outperform Votes 431 64.04%	Underperform Votes 242 35.96%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 693 65.50%	Underperform Votes 365 34.50%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SNDR or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Schneider National. Plains All American Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, 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
Schneider National	$5.29B	0.78	$117M	$0.65	36.11
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.07B	0.28	$772M	$0.73	27.52

Does the media favor SNDR or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 4 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 11 mentions for Schneider National. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.67 indicating that Schneider National is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schneider National	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SNDR or PAA a better dividend stock?

Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Schneider National pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 208.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Schneider National on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.