HTZ vs. KNX, SAIA, R, LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, FRPH, and ODFL
Should you be buying Hertz Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hertz Global include Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Ryder System (R), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Hertz Global vs. Its Competitors
Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) and Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
Hertz Global has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hertz Global currently has a consensus price target of $4.53, suggesting a potential downside of 33.70%. Knight-Swift Transportation has a consensus price target of $53.13, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than Hertz Global.
Knight-Swift Transportation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hertz Global. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a net margin of 2.04% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -35.52%. Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity of 2.79% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.
99.2% of Hertz Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Knight-Swift Transportation had 11 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation and 2 mentions for Hertz Global. Knight-Swift Transportation's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Hertz Global's score of 0.63 indicating that Knight-Swift Transportation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Knight-Swift Transportation beats Hertz Global on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HTZ) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
