FRP (FRPH) Competitors

FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) and Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FRPH or WERN?

45.4% of FRP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of FRP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FRPH or WERN more profitable?

FRP has a net margin of 18.35% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 1.13%. Werner Enterprises' return on equity of 2.27% beat FRP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FRP	18.35%	1.67%	1.06%
Werner Enterprises	1.13%	2.27%	1.08%

Does the media refer more to FRPH or WERN?

In the previous week, Werner Enterprises had 9 more articles in the media than FRP. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Werner Enterprises and 1 mentions for FRP. Werner Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat FRP's score of -0.51 indicating that Werner Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FRP	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Werner Enterprises	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FRPH or WERN?

Werner Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than FRP. FRP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, 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
FRP	$41.95M	12.10	$5.30M	$0.36	73.86
Werner Enterprises	$2.97B	0.54	$34.23M	$0.29	90.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FRPH or WERN?

Werner Enterprises received 183 more outperform votes than FRP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave FRP an outperform vote while only 48.51% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FRP	Outperform Votes 273 63.79%	Underperform Votes 155 36.21%
Werner Enterprises	Outperform Votes 456 48.51%	Underperform Votes 484 51.49%

Do analysts prefer FRPH or WERN?

Werner Enterprises has a consensus target price of $29.69, indicating a potential upside of 13.50%. Given Werner Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Werner Enterprises is more favorable than FRP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FRP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Werner Enterprises	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.85

Which has more volatility & risk, FRPH or WERN?

FRP has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Werner Enterprises has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Werner Enterprises beats FRP on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.