KEX vs. MATX, CCL, VIK, BIP, NCLH, TDW, GLNG, CUK, INSW, and GOGL
Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Matson (MATX), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Tidewater (TDW), Golar LNG (GLNG), Carnival Co. & (CUK), International Seaways (INSW), and Golden Ocean Group (GOGL). These companies are all part of the "water transportation" industry.
Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and Matson (NYSE:MATX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Kirby has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matson has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matson has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Matson has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Kirby's net margin of 8.01%. Matson's return on equity of 12.66% beat Kirby's return on equity.
Kirby received 267 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.81% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kirby had 5 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Kirby and 13 mentions for Matson. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Matson's score of 0.64 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.2% of Kirby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Matson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kirby shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Matson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kirby currently has a consensus target price of $123.80, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Matson has a consensus target price of $120.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.47%. Given Kirby's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
Summary
Kirby beats Matson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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