CHRW vs. EXPD, XPO, HUBG, RKLB, ECHO, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, and FDX
Should you be buying C.H. Robinson Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C.H. Robinson Worldwide include Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), Hub Group (HUBG), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), and FedEx (FDX). These companies are all part of the "air freight & logistics" industry.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Expeditors International of Washington has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. Expeditors International of Washington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C.H. Robinson Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.81% compared to C.H. Robinson Worldwide's net margin of 1.74%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 28.89% beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $84.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.20%. Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus target price of $111.25, suggesting a potential downside of 12.35%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, C.H. Robinson Worldwide had 8 more articles in the media than Expeditors International of Washington. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide and 8 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington. Expeditors International of Washington's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's score of 1.01 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 139 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.07% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote while only 47.56% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.
Summary
Expeditors International of Washington beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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