ArcBest (ARCB) Competitors

ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARCB or SOBO?

99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ARCB or SOBO?

ArcBest currently has a consensus price target of $89.42, suggesting a potential upside of 28.49%. South Bow has a consensus price target of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.30%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than South Bow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArcBest	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Is ARCB or SOBO more profitable?

ArcBest has a net margin of 4.16% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. ArcBest's return on equity of 11.79% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcBest	4.16%	11.79%	6.23%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARCB or SOBO?

ArcBest received 451 more outperform votes than South Bow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.35% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ArcBest	Outperform Votes 456 52.35%	Underperform Votes 415 47.65%
South Bow	Outperform Votes 5 29.41%	Underperform Votes 12 70.59%

Is ARCB or SOBO a better dividend stock?

ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. ArcBest pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARCB or SOBO?

South Bow has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArcBest	$4.11B	0.39	$173.96M	$7.56	9.21
South Bow	$2.07B	2.68	$385.21M	$1.85	14.41

Does the media prefer ARCB or SOBO?

In the previous week, ArcBest had 11 more articles in the media than South Bow. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ArcBest and 2 mentions for South Bow. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat ArcBest's score of 0.46 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArcBest	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
South Bow	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ArcBest beats South Bow on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.