MATX vs. KEX, INSW, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, CAR, CPA, SNDR, HRI, and STNG
Should you be buying Matson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matson include Kirby (KEX), International Seaways (INSW), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Copa (CPA), Schneider National (SNDR), Herc (HRI), and Scorpio Tankers (STNG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Matson (NYSE:MATX) and Kirby (NYSE:KEX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
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.
In the previous week, Kirby had 13 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kirby and 6 mentions for Matson. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Matson's score of 0.19 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Matson has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirby has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kirby received 267 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.63% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
Matson currently has a consensus target price of $120.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.92%. Kirby has a consensus target price of $119.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.38%. Given Kirby's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
84.8% of Matson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Kirby shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Matson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kirby shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Kirby beats Matson on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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