KEX vs. MATX, GOGL, INSW, GLNG, TNK, LSTR, GXO, FRO, KNX, and R
Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Matson (MATX), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), International Seaways (INSW), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Landstar System (LSTR), GXO Logistics (GXO), Frontline (FRO), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), and Ryder System (R). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and Matson (NYSE:MATX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Kirby received 267 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
Kirby has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matson has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Matson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matson has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Kirby's net margin of 8.01%. Matson's return on equity of 12.66% beat Kirby's return on equity.
Kirby currently has a consensus price target of $116.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. Matson has a consensus price target of $112.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.39%. Given Kirby's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
In the previous week, Kirby had 13 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Kirby and 9 mentions for Matson. Matson's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Kirby's score of 0.52 indicating that Matson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.2% of Kirby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Matson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kirby shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Matson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kirby and Matson tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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