SAIA vs. JBHT, KNX, LSTR, ODFL, SNDR, XPO, UAL, EXPD, TFII, and LUV
Should you be buying Saia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saia include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Schneider National (SNDR), XPO (XPO), United Airlines (UAL), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), TFI International (TFII), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Saia has a net margin of 12.31% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 5.25%. Saia's return on equity of 19.75% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Saia and Saia both had 13 articles in the media. Saia's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of -0.27 indicating that Saia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Saia has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 246 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.59% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
Saia currently has a consensus target price of $500.84, indicating a potential downside of 7.77%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus target price of $194.24, indicating a potential upside of 18.62%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Saia.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Saia. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Saia beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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