FDX vs. CSX, NSC, CP, CNI, ODFL, RYAAY, DAL, JBHT, LUV, and EXPD
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), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FedEx vs.
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FedEx pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CSX pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FedEx pays out 39.7% 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. CSX has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and FedEx has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
CSX has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FedEx. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FedEx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FedEx had 6 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for FedEx and 14 mentions for CSX. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat CSX's score of 0.33 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FedEx received 1037 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.98% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 63.57% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
CSX has a net margin of 28.35% compared to FedEx's net margin of 3.23%. CSX's return on equity of 33.01% beat FedEx's return on equity.
72.9% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of FedEx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CSX presently has a consensus price target of $34.92, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. FedEx has a consensus price target of $243.81, indicating a potential upside of 9.96%. Given FedEx's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FedEx is more favorable than CSX.
Summary
FedEx beats CSX on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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