R vs. ARCB, CHRW, HUBG, JBHT, BN, EVR, GATX, ITT, OC, and TNK
Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include ArcBest (ARCB), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Brookfield (BN), Evercore (EVR), GATX (GATX), ITT (ITT), Owens Corning (OC), and Teekay Tankers (TNK).
Ryder System vs. Its Competitors
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ryder System pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 6.3% 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. Ryder System has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Ryder System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ryder System has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ryder System has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ryder System presently has a consensus target price of $172.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.29%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $89.42, indicating a potential upside of 7.60%. Given ArcBest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Ryder System.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 14 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ryder System and 3 mentions for ArcBest. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat ArcBest's score of 0.40 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ArcBest has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.96%. Ryder System's return on equity of 17.64% beat ArcBest's return on equity.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Ryder System shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ryder System beats ArcBest on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:R) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
