SNDR vs. ARCB, WERN, LSTR, MRTN, KNX, SAIA, CPA, STNG, CAR, and MATX
Should you be buying Schneider National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schneider National include ArcBest (ARCB), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Landstar System (LSTR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Copa (CPA), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Avis Budget Group (CAR), and Matson (MATX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
ArcBest has a net margin of 4.41% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 4.34%. ArcBest's return on equity of 15.91% 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. 18.8% of Schneider National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of ArcBest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ArcBest received 13 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.62% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 53.21% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.
Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Schneider National pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 6.1% 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 higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. Schneider National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schneider National has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Schneider National had 6 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Schneider National and 10 mentions for ArcBest. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Schneider National's score of 0.39 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schneider National presently has a consensus price target of $28.21, suggesting a potential upside of 30.50%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $151.54, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Given Schneider National's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schneider National is more favorable than ArcBest.
Summary
ArcBest beats Schneider National on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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