ATSG vs. HTLD, CYRX, NAT, ULH, GNK, DESP, GSL, SNCY, TNP, and VTOL
Should you be buying Air Transport Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Transport Services Group include Heartland Express (HTLD), Cryoport (CYRX), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Universal Logistics (ULH), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Despegar.com (DESP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), and Bristow Group (VTOL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) and Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
53.5% of Heartland Express shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Air Transport Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Heartland Express shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Air Transport Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Transport Services Group has a net margin of 2.91% compared to Air Transport Services Group's net margin of 1.22%. Heartland Express' return on equity of 7.93% beat Air Transport Services Group's return on equity.
Air Transport Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Air Transport Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Heartland Express had 2 more articles in the media than Air Transport Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Heartland Express and 5 mentions for Air Transport Services Group. Heartland Express' average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat Air Transport Services Group's score of -0.76 indicating that Air Transport Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heartland Express presently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.09%. Air Transport Services Group has a consensus target price of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 85.48%. Given Heartland Express' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Air Transport Services Group is more favorable than Heartland Express.
Heartland Express received 74 more outperform votes than Air Transport Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.36% of users gave Air Transport Services Group an outperform vote while only 49.16% of users gave Heartland Express an outperform vote.
Heartland Express has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Transport Services Group has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Air Transport Services Group beats Heartland Express on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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