SNDR vs. ARCB, WERN, MRTN, ULH, LSTR, KNX, SAIA, OMAB, JOBY, and MATX
Should you be buying Schneider National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schneider National include ArcBest (ARCB), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Universal Logistics (ULH), Landstar System (LSTR), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Joby Aviation (JOBY), and Matson (MATX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Schneider National presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.07%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $142.69, suggesting a potential upside of 36.74%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Schneider National.
Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Schneider National pays out 43.2% 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.
Schneider National has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schneider National has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schneider National has a net margin of 2.95% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 2.80%. ArcBest's return on equity of 15.27% beat Schneider National's return on equity.
ArcBest received 13 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.73% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 53.24% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Schneider National had 3 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Schneider National and 3 mentions for ArcBest. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Schneider National's score of 0.33 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Schneider National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of ArcBest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ArcBest beats Schneider National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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