RYAAY vs. CSX, MPLX, VIK, DINO, VRRM, HAFN, GBTG, INSW, UP, and ZIM
Should you be buying Ryanair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryanair include CSX (CSX), Mplx (MPLX), Viking (VIK), HF Sinclair (DINO), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Hafnia (HAFN), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), International Seaways (INSW), Wheels Up Experience (UP), and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
CSX has a net margin of 24.75% compared to Ryanair's net margin of 12.07%. CSX's return on equity of 29.58% beat Ryanair's return on equity.
Ryanair received 64 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 62.29% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
Ryanair has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ryanair pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSX pays out 26.4% 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.
43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CSX has higher revenue and earnings than Ryanair. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ryanair currently has a consensus price target of $158.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.18%. CSX has a consensus price target of $38.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.24%. Given Ryanair's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than CSX.
In the previous week, Ryanair had 15 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ryanair and 12 mentions for CSX. CSX's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Ryanair's score of -0.19 indicating that CSX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CSX beats Ryanair on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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