REVG vs. ALGT, NVGS, NMM, ULH, GNK, CMRE, MRTN, ZIM, ATSG, and HTLD
Should you be buying REV Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of REV Group include Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Navigator (NVGS), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Universal Logistics (ULH), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Costamare (CMRE), Marten Transport (MRTN), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), and Heartland Express (HTLD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) and REV Group (NYSE:REVG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Allegiant Travel currently has a consensus price target of $89.75, suggesting a potential upside of 54.16%. REV Group has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential downside of 19.08%. Given REV Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allegiant Travel is more favorable than REV Group.
In the previous week, Allegiant Travel had 3 more articles in the media than REV Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Allegiant Travel and 2 mentions for REV Group. Allegiant Travel's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat REV Group's score of 0.29 indicating that REV Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allegiant Travel received 175 more outperform votes than REV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave REV Group an outperform vote while only 59.04% of users gave Allegiant Travel an outperform vote.
Allegiant Travel pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. REV Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Allegiant Travel pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. REV Group pays out 4.9% 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. REV Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
85.8% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Allegiant Travel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of REV Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Allegiant Travel has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, REV Group has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
REV Group has a net margin of 9.15% compared to REV Group's net margin of 4.54%. Allegiant Travel's return on equity of 16.43% beat REV Group's return on equity.
Allegiant Travel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than REV Group. REV Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegiant Travel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
REV Group beats Allegiant Travel on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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