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YRC Worldwide (YRCW) Competitors

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YRCW vs. YELLQ, ODFL, JBHT, KNX, SAIA, LSTR, SNDR, WERN, ARCB, and MRTN

Should you be buying YRC Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YRC Worldwide include Yellow (YELLQ), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Landstar System (LSTR), Schneider National (SNDR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), ArcBest (ARCB), and Marten Transport (MRTN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

YRC Worldwide vs.

Yellow (NASDAQ:YELLQ) and YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Yellow has higher revenue and earnings than YRC Worldwide.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yellow$5.24B0.01$21.80MN/AN/A
YRC Worldwide$4.87B0.01-$104M-$2.44-0.27

Yellow has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YRC Worldwide has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Yellow has a net margin of 0.00% compared to YRC Worldwide's net margin of -1.40%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
YellowN/A N/A N/A
YRC Worldwide -1.40%N/A -4.45%

5.0% of Yellow shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of YRC Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Yellow shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of YRC Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Yellow had 2 more articles in the media than YRC Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Yellow and 0 mentions for YRC Worldwide. Yellow's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled YRC Worldwide'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yellow Neutral
YRC Worldwide Neutral

YRC Worldwide received 316 more outperform votes than Yellow when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
YellowN/AN/A
YRC WorldwideOutperform Votes
316
67.38%
Underperform Votes
153
32.62%

Summary

Yellow and YRC Worldwide tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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YRCW vs. The Competition

MetricYRC WorldwideTrucking, Except Local IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.63M$5.39B$286.12B$8.05B
Dividend YieldN/A1.44%4.01%4.23%
P/E Ratio-0.3423.3913.4919.02
Price / Sales0.011.12224.07107.05
Price / Cash0.7110.0711.5434.62
Price / Book-0.052.271.834.34
Net Income-$104M$207.92M$512.32M$248.27M

YRC Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YRCW
YRC Worldwide
N/A$0.65
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N/A-92.1%$34.63M$4.87B-0.3429,000
YELLQ
Yellow
N/A$0.25
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N/A-92.1%$13.13M$5.24B0.0030,000News Coverage
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
3.8881 of 5 stars
$148.09
-0.6%
$183.37
+23.8%
-14.6%$31.42B$5.73B27.0323,500Positive News
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.7784 of 5 stars
$129.63
-1.0%
$162.20
+25.1%
-19.3%$12.97B$12.06B23.3337,200Analyst Revision
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.5539 of 5 stars
$38.77
0.0%
$50.60
+30.5%
-11.9%$6.29B$7.41B53.2428,500Dividend Announcement
SAIA
Saia
4.0335 of 5 stars
$236.16
-0.4%
$358.21
+51.7%
-34.4%$6.28B$3.21B17.4512,300Gap Up
LSTR
Landstar System
4.4794 of 5 stars
$133.90
-1.0%
$155.67
+16.3%
-24.2%$4.68B$4.82B24.281,450
SNDR
Schneider National
4.3788 of 5 stars
$21.69
-1.3%
$26.93
+24.2%
+3.5%$3.82B$5.29B33.4517,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.6058 of 5 stars
$27.72
-1.1%
$34.07
+22.9%
-28.2%$1.72B$3.03B50.4514,300Earnings Report
ARCB
ArcBest
4.9181 of 5 stars
$56.52
-4.4%
$101.50
+79.6%
-46.0%$1.30B$4.18B7.6715,700Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.2743 of 5 stars
$12.83
-0.7%
$19.33
+50.7%
-25.0%$1.05B$937.19M37.754,580Short Interest ↑

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