FWRD vs. ATSG, PKOH, ECHO, BCO, UPS, FDX, EXPD, XPO, CHRW, and HUBG
Should you be buying Forward Air stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Air include Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), Brink's (BCO), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and Hub Group (HUBG).
Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD) and Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
97.0% of Forward Air shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Air Transport Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Forward Air shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Air Transport Services Group 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.
Forward Air has a net margin of 4.08% compared to Air Transport Services Group's net margin of 2.37%. Air Transport Services Group's return on equity of 6.61% beat Forward Air's return on equity.
Forward Air has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Air Transport Services Group. Forward Air is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Transport Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Forward Air has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Transport Services Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Forward Air and Forward Air both had 4 articles in the media. Forward Air's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Air Transport Services Group's score of 0.18 indicating that Forward Air is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Forward Air presently has a consensus price target of $76.43, suggesting a potential upside of 269.76%. Air Transport Services Group has a consensus price target of $21.83, suggesting a potential upside of 76.22%. Given Forward Air's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Forward Air is more favorable than Air Transport Services Group.
Forward Air received 53 more outperform votes than Air Transport Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.52% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote while only 53.24% of users gave Air Transport Services Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Forward Air beats Air Transport Services Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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