MRTN vs. HTZ, WERN, HTLD, FRPH, ODFL, JBHT, UHAL, KNX, SAIA, and R
Should you be buying Marten Transport stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marten Transport include Hertz Global (HTZ), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Heartland Express (HTLD), FRP (FRPH), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), and Ryder System (R). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Marten Transport vs. Its Competitors
Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) and Hertz Global (NASDAQ:HTZ) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Hertz Global received 259 more outperform votes than Marten Transport when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote while only 54.45% of users gave Marten Transport an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Marten Transport and Marten Transport both had 1 articles in the media. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Marten Transport's score of 0.94 indicating that Hertz Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marten Transport has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Hertz Global has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.1% of Marten Transport shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Hertz Global shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of Marten Transport shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hertz Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Marten Transport presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.61%. Hertz Global has a consensus target price of $4.53, suggesting a potential downside of 25.64%. Given Marten Transport's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Marten Transport is more favorable than Hertz Global.
Marten Transport has a net margin of 2.79% compared to Hertz Global's net margin of -31.63%. Marten Transport's return on equity of 3.52% beat Hertz Global's return on equity.
Marten Transport has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hertz Global. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marten Transport, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marten Transport beats Hertz Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:MRTN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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