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R vs. JBHT, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, CAR, HTZ, WERN, MRTN, and HTLD

Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.

Ryder System vs.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus price target of $162.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.52%. Ryder System has a consensus price target of $160.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Ryder System.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Ryder System
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 233 more outperform votes than Ryder System when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.46% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J.B. Hunt Transport ServicesOutperform Votes
750
59.15%
Underperform Votes
518
40.85%
Ryder SystemOutperform Votes
517
64.46%
Underperform Votes
285
35.54%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ryder System. Ryder System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J.B. Hunt Transport Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.06B1.14$570.89M$5.5125.23
Ryder System$12.73B0.49$489M$11.4713.11

74.9% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Ryder System shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 4 more articles in the media than Ryder System. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 15 mentions for Ryder System. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Ryder System's score of 1.41 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Ryder System
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.87%. Ryder System's return on equity of 17.23% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J.B. Hunt Transport Services4.72% 14.05% 6.83%
Ryder System 3.87%17.23%3.21%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryder System pays out 28.2% 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. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Ryder System has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Ryder System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Ryder System on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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R vs. The Competition

MetricRyder SystemAutomotive rental & leasing, without drivers IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.22B$3.45B$286.41B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.06%2.06%3.77%3.84%
P/E Ratio13.5610.5213.7034.53
Price / Sales0.490.74265.8034.83
Price / Cash2.943.5011.5417.51
Price / Book2.034.191.924.69
Net Income$489M-$531.03M$515.10M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.56%3.22%-2.30%-1.74%
1 Month Performance9.13%2.75%9.92%7.50%
1 Year Performance24.18%1.68%-9.52%4.15%

Ryder System Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
R
Ryder System
3.5064 of 5 stars
$150.38
-0.5%
$160.50
+6.7%
+24.2%$6.22B$12.73B13.5648,300Positive News
Insider Trade
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.6188 of 5 stars
$148.72
+9.7%
$162.20
+9.1%
-12.0%$14.75B$12.06B26.7537,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
UHAL
U-Haul
0.6666 of 5 stars
$66.79
+4.6%
N/A-7.3%$13.10B$5.69B30.9232,200Gap Up
SAIA
Saia
3.9501 of 5 stars
$292.91
+12.4%
$342.58
+17.0%
-29.0%$7.80B$3.24B21.6812,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
KNX
Knight-Swift Transportation
4.3509 of 5 stars
$46.72
+10.1%
$50.60
+8.3%
-7.6%$7.57B$7.41B64.0128,500Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LSTR
Landstar System
3.7208 of 5 stars
$143.81
+6.1%
$155.67
+8.2%
-23.5%$5.03B$4.82B26.051,450Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
CAR
Avis Budget Group
2.3386 of 5 stars
$103.76
-0.4%
$117.00
+12.8%
+3.6%$3.65B$11.62B-2.0024,500Trending News
High Trading Volume
HTZ
Hertz Global
0.6033 of 5 stars
$6.94
+3.3%
$4.12
-40.7%
+46.1%$2.14B$9.05B-0.7427,000
WERN
Werner Enterprises
3.3861 of 5 stars
$28.18
+7.5%
$29.69
+5.4%
-29.6%$1.74B$2.97B51.2414,300Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
MRTN
Marten Transport
4.1028 of 5 stars
$13.95
+6.3%
$19.33
+38.6%
-27.3%$1.14B$937.19M41.034,580Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
HTLD
Heartland Express
3.7738 of 5 stars
$8.91
+5.3%
$10.00
+12.2%
-24.1%$699.70M$996.61M-24.083,180Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:R) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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