R vs. CAR, HTZ, UHAL, FRO, ALK, HRI, KEX, GATX, AL, and GXO
Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), U-Haul (UHAL), Frontline (FRO), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Herc (HRI), Kirby (KEX), GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), and GXO Logistics (GXO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 1 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ryder System and 7 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Ryder System's score of 0.34 indicating that Avis Budget Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ryder System has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 13.59% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 3.45%. Ryder System's return on equity of 19.68% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Ryder System received 227 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.32% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.15% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ryder System currently has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.51%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus target price of $187.43, suggesting a potential upside of 53.05%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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