WERN vs. MRTN, HTLD, LSTR, KNX, ARCB, ULH, SNDR, CVLG, JBLU, and RXO
Should you be buying Werner Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Werner Enterprises include Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Landstar System (LSTR), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), Schneider National (SNDR), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), and RXO (RXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Marten Transport had 4 more articles in the media than Werner Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Marten Transport and 8 mentions for Werner Enterprises. Marten Transport's average media sentiment score of -0.05 beat Werner Enterprises' score of -0.14 indicating that Marten Transport is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marten Transport has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 3.42%. Werner Enterprises' return on equity of 8.17% beat Marten Transport's return on equity.
Werner Enterprises has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marten Transport has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Marten Transport shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Marten Transport 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.
Werner Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Marten Transport. Werner Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marten Transport, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Werner Enterprises received 182 more outperform votes than Marten Transport when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.05% of users gave Marten Transport an outperform vote while only 51.37% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.
Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Marten Transport pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Werner Enterprises pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marten Transport pays out 33.8% 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. Werner Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Werner Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.28%. Marten Transport has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.48%. Given Marten Transport's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marten Transport is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.
Summary
Marten Transport beats Werner Enterprises on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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