CVLG vs. YRCW, YELLQ, PTSI, HTLD, ULH, MRTN, WERN, SB, PWFL, and FWRD
Should you be buying Covenant Logistics Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Covenant Logistics Group include YRC Worldwide (YRCW), Yellow (YELLQ), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Heartland Express (HTLD), Universal Logistics (ULH), Marten Transport (MRTN), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Safe Bulkers (SB), PowerFleet (PWFL), and Forward Air (FWRD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) and Covenant Logistics Group (NASDAQ:CVLG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
31.1% of YRC Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of YRC Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Covenant Logistics Group has a net margin of 3.82% compared to Covenant Logistics Group's net margin of -1.40%. YRC Worldwide's return on equity of 14.16% beat Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity.
Covenant Logistics Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YRC Worldwide. YRC Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Covenant Logistics Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
YRC Worldwide has a beta of 3.32, meaning that its stock price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group had 4 more articles in the media than YRC Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group and 0 mentions for YRC Worldwide. YRC Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Covenant Logistics Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
YRC Worldwide received 302 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave YRC Worldwide an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote.
Covenant Logistics Group has a consensus price target of $68.67, indicating a potential upside of 46.94%. Given YRC Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than YRC Worldwide.
Summary
Covenant Logistics Group beats YRC Worldwide on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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