ARCB vs. SNDR, WERN, MRTN, ULH, HTLD, LSTR, CVLG, YRCW, PTSI, and KNX
Should you be buying ArcBest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcBest include Schneider National (SNDR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Universal Logistics (ULH), Heartland Express (HTLD), Landstar System (LSTR), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX).
ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ArcBest pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 28.6% 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. Schneider National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ArcBest has a net margin of 4.41% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 4.34%. ArcBest's return on equity of 15.91% beat Schneider National's return on equity.
ArcBest received 12 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.67% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 53.21% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.
ArcBest has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ArcBest had 6 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ArcBest and 6 mentions for Schneider National. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Schneider National's score of 0.30 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of ArcBest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Schneider National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcBest currently has a consensus price target of $151.54, indicating a potential upside of 17.06%. Schneider National has a consensus price target of $28.07, indicating a potential upside of 32.35%. Given Schneider National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Schneider National is more favorable than ArcBest.
Summary
ArcBest beats Schneider National on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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