KNX vs. LSTR, WERN, SAIA, JBHT, SNDR, ARCB, CHRW, PAC, AAL, and GXO
Should you be buying Knight-Swift Transportation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knight-Swift Transportation include Landstar System (LSTR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Saia (SAIA), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), American Airlines Group (AAL), and GXO Logistics (GXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE:KNX) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Knight-Swift Transportation had 14 more articles in the media than Landstar System. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Knight-Swift Transportation and 22 mentions for Landstar System. Landstar System's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Knight-Swift Transportation's score of -0.24 indicating that Landstar System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Landstar System has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Knight-Swift Transportation's net margin of 1.50%. Landstar System's return on equity of 23.17% beat Knight-Swift Transportation's return on equity.
Knight-Swift Transportation received 269 more outperform votes than Landstar System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Knight-Swift Transportation an outperform vote while only 52.19% of users gave Landstar System an outperform vote.
Landstar System has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Knight-Swift Transportation. Landstar System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knight-Swift Transportation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Knight-Swift Transportation presently has a consensus target price of $57.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.01%. Landstar System has a consensus target price of $184.09, suggesting a potential upside of 3.85%. Given Knight-Swift Transportation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knight-Swift Transportation is more favorable than Landstar System.
88.8% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Knight-Swift Transportation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Knight-Swift Transportation has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Knight-Swift Transportation pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Knight-Swift Transportation pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Landstar System pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Knight-Swift Transportation beats Landstar System on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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