UHAL vs. R, CAR, ZTO, TFII, UAL, XPO, SAIA, ASR, AAL, and KNX
Should you be buying U-Haul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U-Haul include Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), TFI International (TFII), United Airlines (UAL), XPO (XPO), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), American Airlines Group (AAL), and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Ryder System received 243 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote.
In the previous week, U-Haul had 9 more articles in the media than Ryder System. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for U-Haul and 4 mentions for Ryder System. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat U-Haul's score of -0.33 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U-Haul has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ryder System. Ryder System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ryder System has a consensus price target of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.33%. Given Ryder System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryder System is more favorable than U-Haul.
U-Haul has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U-Haul has a net margin of 11.67% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.45%. Ryder System's return on equity of 19.68% beat U-Haul's return on equity.
3.6% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 50.0% of U-Haul shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System 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.
Summary
Ryder System beats U-Haul on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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