KEX vs. MATX, GOGL, GLNG, INSW, TNK, FRO, AL, GXO, ALK, and LSTR
Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Matson (MATX), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), International Seaways (INSW), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Frontline (FRO), Air Lease (AL), GXO Logistics (GXO), Alaska Air Group (ALK), and Landstar System (LSTR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Matson (NYSE:MATX) and Kirby (NYSE:KEX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Matson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.8% of Matson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Matson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Kirby shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Matson currently has a consensus target price of $111.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.77%. Kirby has a consensus target price of $116.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.48%. Given Matson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
Matson has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Matson's net margin of 7.21%. Kirby's return on equity of 12.71% beat Matson's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kirby had 26 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Kirby and 4 mentions for Matson. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Matson's score of 0.46 indicating that Matson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kirby received 269 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.79% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
Matson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirby has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Matson and Kirby tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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