MATX vs. KEX, VIK, BIP, NCLH, TDW, GLNG, CUK, INSW, GOGL, and TNK
Should you be buying Matson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matson include Kirby (KEX), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Tidewater (TDW), Golar LNG (GLNG), Carnival Co. & (CUK), International Seaways (INSW), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), and Teekay Tankers (TNK). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
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.
96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Matson shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kirby shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Matson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kirby presently has a consensus price target of $123.80, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Matson has a consensus price target of $120.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.47%. Given Matson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
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. Matson's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Kirby's score of 0.64 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Matson has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Matson's net margin of 8.01%. Kirby's return on equity of 12.66% beat Matson'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.
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.
Summary
Kirby beats Matson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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