FDX vs. CSX, CP, NSC, CNI, ODFL, DAL, RYAAY, WAB, UAL, and JBHT
Should you be buying FedEx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FedEx include CSX (CSX), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), United Airlines (UAL), and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than CSX. FedEx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FedEx has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FedEx pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSX pays out 26.4% 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.
In the previous week, CSX had 4 more articles in the media than FedEx. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for CSX and 15 mentions for FedEx. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat CSX's score of 0.44 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CSX has a net margin of 24.75% compared to FedEx's net margin of 5.02%. CSX's return on equity of 29.58% beat FedEx's return on equity.
FedEx received 1054 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 62.47% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
FedEx currently has a consensus target price of $301.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.61%. CSX has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given FedEx's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FedEx is more favorable than CSX.
84.5% of FedEx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of FedEx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FedEx beats CSX on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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