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United Parcel Service (UPS) Competitors

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UPS vs. FDX, EXPD, XPO, CHRW, RKLB, HUBG, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, and ZTO

Should you be buying United Parcel Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Parcel Service include FedEx (FDX), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO).

United Parcel Service vs.

United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

FedEx received 767 more outperform votes than United Parcel Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave United Parcel Service an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United Parcel ServiceOutperform Votes
878
59.77%
Underperform Votes
591
40.23%
FedExOutperform Votes
1645
70.09%
Underperform Votes
702
29.91%

United Parcel Service currently has a consensus price target of $121.59, suggesting a potential upside of 27.48%. FedEx has a consensus price target of $297.71, suggesting a potential upside of 41.54%. Given FedEx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than United Parcel Service.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Parcel Service
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
FedEx
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

60.3% of United Parcel Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of FedEx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of United Parcel Service shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of FedEx shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Parcel Service has higher revenue and earnings than FedEx. FedEx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Parcel Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Parcel Service$91.07B0.89$5.78B$6.7614.11
FedEx$87.82B0.57$4.33B$15.9413.20

United Parcel Service has a net margin of 6.35% compared to FedEx's net margin of 4.45%. United Parcel Service's return on equity of 39.13% beat FedEx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Parcel Service6.35% 39.13% 9.61%
FedEx 4.45%15.59%4.86%

United Parcel Service pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. United Parcel Service pays out 97.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FedEx pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Parcel Service has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. United Parcel Service is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, United Parcel Service had 42 more articles in the media than FedEx. MarketBeat recorded 87 mentions for United Parcel Service and 45 mentions for FedEx. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat United Parcel Service's score of 0.82 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Parcel Service
37 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FedEx
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Parcel Service has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FedEx beats United Parcel Service on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UPS vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Parcel ServiceTrucking & courier services, except air IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.47B$16.60B$285.93B$18.96B
Dividend Yield6.63%4.15%4.02%4.03%
P/E Ratio14.117.1813.1132.71
Price / Sales0.890.34212.0727.84
Price / Cash9.736.7311.5417.53
Price / Book4.872.281.794.47
Net Income$5.78B$1.24B$512.32M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.56%-3.12%-0.09%0.50%
1 Month Performance-12.73%-11.69%-1.05%-2.83%
1 Year Performance-34.61%-18.55%-9.76%4.36%

United Parcel Service Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.932 of 5 stars
$95.38
-1.4%
$121.59
+27.5%
-35.3%$81.47B$91.07B14.11536,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
FDX
FedEx
4.8272 of 5 stars
$210.97
-0.3%
$297.71
+41.1%
-19.7%$50.56B$87.82B13.45249,000
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
3.4216 of 5 stars
$108.35
-0.2%
$115.40
+6.5%
-1.6%$14.92B$10.60B18.9319,900Positive News
XPO
XPO
4.6787 of 5 stars
$97.00
+0.6%
$139.63
+44.0%
-1.1%$11.41B$8.07B29.9923,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.8768 of 5 stars
$89.20
-0.6%
$117.20
+31.4%
+25.7%$10.52B$17.72B23.1217,400Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA
2.1722 of 5 stars
$22.22
-0.7%
$23.25
+4.6%
+479.5%$10.08B$436.21M-60.091,180Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
HUBG
Hub Group
4.2172 of 5 stars
$32.01
-0.4%
$46.44
+45.1%
-21.5%$1.97B$3.95B18.835,900Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ATSG
Air Transport Services Group
1.5277 of 5 stars
$22.48
flat
$20.60
-8.4%
N/A$1.48B$1.96B-561.865,320Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FWRD
Forward Air
2.4844 of 5 stars
$14.24
-2.6%
$32.25
+126.5%
-33.2%$432.94M$2.47B-0.604,040Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
PKOH
Park-Ohio
3.191 of 5 stars
$19.44
+0.7%
N/A-22.0%$276.56M$1.66B15.556,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.5144 of 5 stars
$19.19
+0.6%
$23.28
+21.3%
-12.0%$11.47B$44.28B13.2223,900Positive News

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