SNDR vs. ARCB, HTLD, HUBG, JBHT, LSTR, MRTN, ODFL, WERN, KNX, and BIP
Should you be buying Schneider National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schneider National include ArcBest (ARCB), Heartland Express (HTLD), Hub Group (HUBG), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP).
Schneider National vs. Its Competitors
ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
ArcBest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schneider National. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ArcBest has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcBest presently has a consensus target price of $93.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. Schneider National has a consensus target price of $27.29, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Schneider National.
In the previous week, ArcBest had 5 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ArcBest and 6 mentions for Schneider National. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Schneider National's score of 0.69 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Schneider National shares are owned 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.
ArcBest has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.32%. ArcBest's return on equity of 10.05% beat Schneider National's return on equity.
ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ArcBest pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 54.3% 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. Schneider National has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Schneider National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
ArcBest beats Schneider National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SNDR) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff