ULH vs. HTLD, CVLG, YRCW, YELLQ, MRTN, PTSI, WERN, GNK, CYRX, and ATSG
Should you be buying Universal Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Logistics include Heartland Express (HTLD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), Yellow (YELLQ), Marten Transport (MRTN), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Cryoport (CYRX), and Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) and Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Universal Logistics has a net margin of 5.59% compared to Universal Logistics' net margin of 1.22%. Heartland Express' return on equity of 18.58% beat Universal Logistics' return on equity.
Heartland Express has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Logistics has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Universal Logistics had 3 more articles in the media than Heartland Express. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Universal Logistics and 4 mentions for Heartland Express. Universal Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Heartland Express' score of 0.15 indicating that Heartland Express is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than Heartland Express. Universal Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heartland Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heartland Express received 83 more outperform votes than Universal Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.65% of users gave Universal Logistics an outperform vote while only 49.23% of users gave Heartland Express an outperform vote.
53.5% of Heartland Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 39.6% of Heartland Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.4% of Universal Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Heartland Express presently has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.11%. Universal Logistics has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.79%. Given Universal Logistics' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Heartland Express is more favorable than Universal Logistics.
Heartland Express pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Universal Logistics pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Heartland Express pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Logistics pays out 11.9% 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. Universal Logistics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Universal Logistics beats Heartland Express on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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