AIRT vs. FDX, ATSG, ESEA, SHIP, KNOP, BTOC, IMPP, MMLP, OMEX, and TORO
Should you be buying Air T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air T include FedEx (FDX), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Euroseas (ESEA), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Armlogi (BTOC), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), and Toro (TORO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
FedEx has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FedEx presently has a consensus price target of $301.92, indicating a potential upside of 21.91%. Given Air T's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than Air T.
84.5% of FedEx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Air T shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of FedEx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.2% of Air T shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FedEx had 11 more articles in the media than Air T. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FedEx and 0 mentions for Air T. Air T's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat FedEx's score of 0.00 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FedEx has a net margin of 5.02% compared to FedEx's net margin of -4.91%. Air T's return on equity of 16.60% beat FedEx's return on equity.
FedEx received 1402 more outperform votes than Air T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.11% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 46.37% of users gave Air T an outperform vote.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than Air T. Air T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FedEx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FedEx beats Air T on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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