MATX vs. KEX, GLNG, INSW, GOGL, TNK, SNDR, STNG, CAR, OMAB, and CPA
Should you be buying Matson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matson include Kirby (KEX), Golar LNG (GLNG), International Seaways (INSW), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Schneider National (SNDR), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), and Copa (CPA). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and Matson (NYSE:MATX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
96.2% of Kirby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Matson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kirby shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Matson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kirby presently has a consensus price target of $116.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.84%. Matson has a consensus price target of $112.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Given Matson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
Matson has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Matson's net margin of 8.01%. Kirby's return on equity of 12.71% beat Matson's return on equity.
Kirby has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kirby had 4 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Kirby and 17 mentions for Matson. Matson's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Kirby's score of 0.40 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Matson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirby received 268 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.74% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
Summary
Kirby beats Matson on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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