AIRT vs. FDX, ATSG, HSHP, FLYX, YELLQ, SAVE, ESEA, KNOP, GASS, and BTOC
Should you be buying Air T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air T include FedEx (FDX), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), flyExclusive (FLYX), Yellow (YELLQ), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Euroseas (ESEA), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), StealthGas (GASS), and Armlogi (BTOC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
FedEx received 1413 more outperform votes than Air T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.13% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 46.37% of users gave Air T an outperform vote.
FedEx has a net margin of 4.94% compared to FedEx's net margin of -2.38%. Air T's return on equity of 16.70% beat FedEx's return on equity.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than Air T. Air T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FedEx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FedEx has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FedEx presently has a consensus price target of $314.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Air T's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FedEx is more favorable than Air T.
In the previous week, Air T had 48 more articles in the media than FedEx. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Air T and 21 mentions for FedEx. Air T's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat FedEx's score of -0.09 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.5% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Air T shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of FedEx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.2% of Air T shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FedEx beats Air T on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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