R vs. JBHT, SAIA, UHAL, KNX, LSTR, CAR, WERN, MRTN, HTZ, 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), Saia (SAIA), U-Haul (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "trucking" industry.
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ryder System pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% 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.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ryder System shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services 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.
Ryder System has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 202 more outperform votes than Ryder System when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 2 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ryder System and 17 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Ryder System's score of 0.45 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 2.95%. Ryder System's return on equity of 18.38% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Ryder System presently has a consensus price target of $137.86, suggesting a potential upside of 4.26%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $181.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.02%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Ryder System.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Ryder System on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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