CVLG vs. ZIM, DKL, HAFN, ARCB, CMBT, TRMD, INSW, DHT, GEL, and DESP
Should you be buying Covenant Logistics Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Covenant Logistics Group include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Hafnia (HAFN), ArcBest (ARCB), Euronav (CMBT), TORM (TRMD), International Seaways (INSW), DHT (DHT), Genesis Energy (GEL), and Despegar.com (DESP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Covenant Logistics Group vs.
Covenant Logistics Group (NASDAQ:CVLG) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 20 more articles in the media than Covenant Logistics Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 2 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of -0.20 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a net margin of 19.26% compared to Covenant Logistics Group's net margin of 3.17%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 48.63% beat Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services received 20 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 43.59% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote while only 37.76% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Covenant Logistics Group presently has a consensus target price of $35.25, indicating a potential upside of 52.20%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus target price of $13.54, indicating a potential downside of 26.23%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 36.5% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Covenant Logistics Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Covenant Logistics Group pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Covenant Logistics Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Covenant Logistics Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services beats Covenant Logistics Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CVLG) was last updated on 3/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
