ODFL vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, R, SNDR, CAR, WERN, and MRTN
Should you be buying Old Dominion Freight Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Dominion Freight Line include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Schneider National (SNDR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), and Marten Transport (MRTN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 11 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 7 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.83 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 167 more outperform votes than Old Dominion Freight Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.02% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote while only 54.74% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.
Old Dominion Freight Line has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 21.19% compared to Old Dominion Freight Line's net margin of 5.25%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 30.12% beat Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus price target of $192.76, suggesting a potential upside of 20.51%. Old Dominion Freight Line has a consensus price target of $206.35, suggesting a potential upside of 22.30%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Old Dominion Freight Line is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 18.3% 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 Old Dominion Freight Line has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Old Dominion Freight Line beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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