R vs. CAR, HTZ, UHAL, ALK, AL, FRO, GATX, GXO, LSTR, and HRI
Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), U-Haul (UHAL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Air Lease (AL), Frontline (FRO), GATX (GATX), GXO Logistics (GXO), Landstar System (LSTR), and Herc (HRI). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Ryder System received 231 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of 2.95%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of 18.38% beat Ryder System's return on equity.
96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus price target of $164.57, indicating a potential upside of 48.08%. Ryder System has a consensus price target of $126.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. Given Ryder System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
In the previous week, Avis Budget Group had 7 more articles in the media than Ryder System. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Avis Budget Group and 5 mentions for Ryder System. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Ryder System's score of 0.05 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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