WERN vs. ARCB, ULH, SNDR, KNX, LSTR, R, CAR, MRTN, HTZ, and HTLD
Should you be buying Werner Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Werner Enterprises include ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), Schneider National (SNDR), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcBest has a net margin of 2.80% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 2.59%. ArcBest's return on equity of 15.27% beat Werner Enterprises' return on equity.
Werner Enterprises has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Werner Enterprises received 15 more outperform votes than ArcBest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.30% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote while only 50.90% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.
Werner Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $40.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.67%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $142.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.43%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.
Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Werner Enterprises pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 9.7% 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.
ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Werner Enterprises. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Werner Enterprises had 3 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Werner Enterprises and 4 mentions for ArcBest. Werner Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ArcBest's score of 0.68 indicating that Werner Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ArcBest beats Werner Enterprises on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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