RKLB vs. FDX, EXPD, XPO, CHRW, HUBG, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, and HEI
Should you be buying Rocket Lab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab include FedEx (FDX), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), and Heico (HEI).
Rocket Lab vs. Its Competitors
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are both large-cap air freight & logistics companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Rocket Lab has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
71.8% of Rocket Lab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of FedEx shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of FedEx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FedEx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FedEx had 83 more articles in the media than Rocket Lab. MarketBeat recorded 139 mentions for FedEx and 56 mentions for Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat FedEx's score of 0.40 indicating that Rocket Lab is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rocket Lab currently has a consensus price target of $29.20, indicating a potential downside of 18.53%. FedEx has a consensus price target of $283.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.48%. Given FedEx's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than Rocket Lab.
FedEx has a net margin of 4.65% compared to Rocket Lab's net margin of -44.32%. FedEx's return on equity of 16.34% beat Rocket Lab's return on equity.
Summary
FedEx beats Rocket Lab on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:RKLB) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
