HUBG vs. ECHO, CHRW, RKLB, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, FDX, EXPD, and XPO
Should you be buying Hub Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hub Group include Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), and XPO (XPO). These companies are all part of the "air freight & logistics" industry.
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Echo Global Logistics. Hub Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Echo Global Logistics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hub Group currently has a consensus target price of $45.38, suggesting a potential downside of 1.12%. Given Hub Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hub Group is more favorable than Echo Global Logistics.
In the previous week, Hub Group had 8 more articles in the media than Echo Global Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hub Group and 2 mentions for Echo Global Logistics. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Echo Global Logistics' score of 0.20 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hub Group received 51 more outperform votes than Echo Global Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.19% of users gave Echo Global Logistics an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Echo Global Logistics has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hub Group has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Echo Global Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. Echo Global Logistics' return on equity of 16.28% beat Hub Group's return on equity.
46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Echo Global Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Echo Global Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hub Group beats Echo Global Logistics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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