EXPD vs. CHRW, LUV, JBHT, UAL, ZTO, XPO, UHAL, TFII, SAIA, and ASR
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), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), United Airlines (UAL), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), TFI International (TFII), Saia (SAIA), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $82.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.19%. Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus price target of $112.13, suggesting a potential downside of 5.37%. Given Expeditors International of Washington's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
In the previous week, Expeditors International of Washington had 1 more articles in the media than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington and 20 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Expeditors International of Washington's score of 0.69 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Expeditors International of Washington has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 8.10% compared to Expeditors International of Washington's net margin of 1.74%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity of 28.43% beat Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity.
93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Expeditors International of Washington has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 139 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.27% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.
Summary
Expeditors International of Washington beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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