ATSG vs. HTLD, DESP, CYRX, NAT, SNCY, GSL, GNK, ULH, VLRS, and VTOL
Should you be buying Air Transport Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Transport Services Group include Heartland Express (HTLD), Despegar.com (DESP), Cryoport (CYRX), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Universal Logistics (ULH), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), and Bristow Group (VTOL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) and Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Heartland Express received 74 more outperform votes than Air Transport Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.36% of users gave Air Transport Services Group an outperform vote while only 49.03% of users gave Heartland Express an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Heartland Express had 28 more articles in the media than Air Transport Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Heartland Express and 4 mentions for Air Transport Services Group. Air Transport Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Heartland Express' score of 0.32 indicating that Air Transport Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.8% of Air Transport Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of Heartland Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Air Transport Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Heartland Express shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Transport Services Group has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heartland Express has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Transport Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 81.87%. Heartland Express has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.07%. Given Air Transport Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Air Transport Services Group is more favorable than Heartland Express.
Air Transport Services Group has a net margin of 2.91% compared to Heartland Express' net margin of -1.13%. Air Transport Services Group's return on equity of 7.93% beat Heartland Express' return on equity.
Air Transport Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Heartland Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Transport Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Air Transport Services Group beats Heartland Express on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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