FDX vs. CSX, NSC, CP, CNI, ODFL, RYAAY, DAL, WAB, JBHT, and LUV
Should you be buying FedEx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FedEx include CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
FedEx received 1054 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 62.47% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
CSX has a net margin of 24.75% compared to FedEx's net margin of 5.02%. CSX's return on equity of 29.58% beat FedEx's return on equity.
FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FedEx pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSX pays out 26.4% 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.
FedEx has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CSX had 17 more articles in the media than FedEx. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for CSX and 39 mentions for FedEx. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat CSX's score of 0.20 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.5% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of FedEx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CSX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FedEx currently has a consensus price target of $301.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.41%. CSX has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.83%. Given FedEx's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FedEx is more favorable than CSX.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than CSX. FedEx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FedEx beats CSX on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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