SNDR vs. ARCB, HTLD, HUBG, JBHT, LSTR, MRTN, ODFL, WERN, KNX, and LTM
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 LATAM Airlines Group (LTM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Schneider National vs. Its Competitors
Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Schneider National presently has a consensus price target of $27.36, suggesting a potential upside of 14.03%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $89.17, suggesting a potential upside of 26.67%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Schneider National.
ArcBest has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.29%. ArcBest's return on equity of 8.67% beat Schneider National's return on equity.
28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Schneider National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ArcBest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Schneider National pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 7.1% 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.
ArcBest has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Schneider National has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Schneider National and Schneider National both had 13 articles in the media. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat ArcBest's score of 0.60 indicating that Schneider National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ArcBest beats Schneider National on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SNDR) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff