ULH vs. MRTN, HTLD, CVLG, PTSI, YRCW, YELLQ, WERN, ARCB, SNDR, and ULCC
Should you be buying Universal Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Logistics include Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), Yellow (YELLQ), Werner Enterprises (WERN), ArcBest (ARCB), Schneider National (SNDR), and Frontier Group (ULCC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) and Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Universal Logistics had 1 more articles in the media than Marten Transport. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Universal Logistics and 3 mentions for Marten Transport. Marten Transport's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Universal Logistics' score of 1.45 indicating that Marten Transport is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Logistics currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.48%. Marten Transport has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.22%. Given Marten Transport's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marten Transport is more favorable than Universal Logistics.
Universal Logistics pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Marten Transport pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Universal Logistics pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marten Transport pays out 33.8% 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.
Universal Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than Marten Transport. Universal Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marten Transport, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Logistics has a net margin of 7.02% compared to Marten Transport's net margin of 5.31%. Universal Logistics' return on equity of 22.78% beat Marten Transport's return on equity.
Universal Logistics has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marten Transport has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Logistics received 2 more outperform votes than Marten Transport when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.60% of users gave Universal Logistics an outperform vote while only 55.14% of users gave Marten Transport an outperform vote.
25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Marten Transport shares are held by institutional investors. 73.3% of Universal Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Marten Transport shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Universal Logistics beats Marten Transport on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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