JBHT vs. SAIA, KNX, LSTR, ODFL, LUV, UAL, EXPD, XPO, UHAL, and TFII
Should you be buying J.B. Hunt Transport Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services include Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), United Airlines (UAL), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 246 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.59% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Saia. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Saia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Saia has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Saia currently has a consensus price target of $500.84, indicating a potential upside of 16.80%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $194.24, indicating a potential upside of 19.89%. Given Saia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Saia.
Saia has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Saia's net margin of 5.25%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 19.75% beat Saia's return on equity.
In the previous week, Saia had 25 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Saia and 10 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Saia's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.15 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Saia beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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