EXPD vs. CHRW, LUV, WAB, ZTO, JBHT, UAL, UHAL, DAL, RYAAY, and GXO
Should you be buying Expeditors International of Washington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expeditors International of Washington include C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), United Airlines (UAL), U-Haul (UHAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), and GXO Logistics (GXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Expeditors International of Washington vs.
Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 39.3% 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.
Expeditors International of Washington has higher earnings, but lower revenue than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. Expeditors International of Washington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C.H. Robinson Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.3% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide 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.
In the previous week, Expeditors International of Washington had 2 more articles in the media than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington and 6 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Expeditors International of Washington's score of 0.97 indicating that C.H. Robinson Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 138 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.64% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote while only 49.57% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.
Expeditors International of Washington presently has a consensus target price of $101.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.56%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a consensus target price of $95.64, suggesting a potential downside of 1.95%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 8.25% compared to C.H. Robinson Worldwide's net margin of 3.50%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity of 50.56% beat Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity.
Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
C.H. Robinson Worldwide beats Expeditors International of Washington on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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