Cool (CLCO) Competitors

Cool (NYSE:CLCO) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Is CLCO or ARCB more profitable?

ArcBest has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Cool's net margin of 0.00%. ArcBest's return on equity of 8.67% beat Cool's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cool	N/A	N/A	N/A
ArcBest	3.90%	8.67%	4.66%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CLCO or ARCB?

ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Cool. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cool	$323.67M	1.27	$98.14M	$0.68	11.26
ArcBest	$4.18B	0.38	$173.96M	$6.72	10.51

Is CLCO or ARCB a better dividend stock?

Cool pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cool pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ArcBest pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, CLCO or ARCB?

Cool has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CLCO or ARCB?

20.7% of Cool shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CLCO or ARCB?

ArcBest has a consensus target price of $89.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.21%. Given ArcBest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Cool.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cool	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
ArcBest	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media refer more to CLCO or ARCB?

In the previous week, ArcBest had 12 more articles in the media than Cool. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ArcBest and 0 mentions for Cool. Cool's average media sentiment score of 1.96 beat ArcBest's score of 0.69 indicating that Cool is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cool	Very Positive
ArcBest	Positive

Summary

ArcBest beats Cool on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.