SAIA vs. JBHT, KNX, LSTR, ODFL, SNDR, XPO, EXPD, UHAL, TFII, and ZTO
Should you be buying Saia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saia include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Schneider National (SNDR), XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), U-Haul (UHAL), TFI International (TFII), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Saia had 7 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Saia and 22 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Saia's score of 0.03 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Saia has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 243 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.51% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
Saia has a net margin of 12.42% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 5.25%. Saia's return on equity of 19.53% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
Saia presently has a consensus target price of $497.22, suggesting a potential upside of 24.28%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus target price of $194.24, suggesting a potential upside of 17.32%. Given Saia's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saia is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
Summary
Saia beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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