UPS vs. UNP, CP, GE, CSX, FDX, NSC, ODFL, RYAAY, DAL, and TFII
Should you be buying United Parcel Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Parcel Service include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), General Electric (GE), CSX (CSX), FedEx (FDX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) and United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
80.4% of Union Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of United Parcel Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Union Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of United Parcel Service shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Union Pacific currently has a consensus price target of $258.78, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. United Parcel Service has a consensus price target of $165.23, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. Given Union Pacific's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Parcel Service is more favorable than Union Pacific.
United Parcel Service has higher revenue and earnings than Union Pacific. United Parcel Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Union Pacific received 387 more outperform votes than United Parcel Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Union Pacific an outperform vote while only 59.99% of users gave United Parcel Service an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United Parcel Service had 12 more articles in the media than Union Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for United Parcel Service and 51 mentions for Union Pacific. Union Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat United Parcel Service's score of 0.72 indicating that United Parcel Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Union Pacific has a net margin of 26.52% compared to Union Pacific's net margin of 6.60%. United Parcel Service's return on equity of 44.34% beat Union Pacific's return on equity.
Union Pacific has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Parcel Service has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. United Parcel Service pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Union Pacific pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Parcel Service pays out 94.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Parcel Service has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. United Parcel Service is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Union Pacific beats United Parcel Service on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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