HRI vs. FTAI, WSC, HEES, EXPD, JBHT, LUV, ZTO, VIK, XPO, and UHAL
Should you be buying Herc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herc include FTAI Aviation (FTAI), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Viking (VIK), XPO (XPO), and U-Haul (UHAL).
Herc (NYSE:HRI) and FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Herc currently has a consensus target price of $152.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. FTAI Aviation has a consensus target price of $68.95, indicating a potential downside of 18.25%. Given Herc's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Herc is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.
FTAI Aviation received 38 more outperform votes than Herc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave Herc an outperform vote.
Herc has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Herc has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Aviation. Herc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.1% of Herc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Herc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Herc had 1 more articles in the media than FTAI Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Herc and 6 mentions for FTAI Aviation. Herc's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.79 indicating that Herc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 21.08% compared to Herc's net margin of 10.31%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 188.45% beat Herc's return on equity.
Herc pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Herc pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FTAI Aviation pays out 54.8% 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. Herc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Herc beats FTAI Aviation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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