HUBG vs. BCO, FWRD, CHRW, INSW, AZUL, GLNG, GOGL, SKYW, TRMD, and RXO
Should you be buying Hub Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hub Group include Brink's (BCO), Forward Air (FWRD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), International Seaways (INSW), Azul (AZUL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), SkyWest (SKYW), TORM (TRMD), and RXO (RXO).
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Brink's (NYSE:BCO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Hub Group received 18 more outperform votes than Brink's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brink's had 3 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brink's and 3 mentions for Hub Group. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Hub Group's score of -0.20 indicating that Brink's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hub Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hub Group pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brink's pays out 48.4% 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. Hub Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hub Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brink's. Hub Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brink's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hub Group currently has a consensus target price of $46.63, suggesting a potential upside of 15.81%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brink's is more favorable than Hub Group.
Hub Group has a net margin of 3.99% compared to Brink's' net margin of 1.77%. Brink's' return on equity of 55.36% beat Hub Group's return on equity.
46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brink's beats Hub Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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