United Parcel Service (UPS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, UPS or FDX?

United Parcel Service has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend UPS or FDX?

United Parcel Service presently has a consensus price target of $120.26, suggesting a potential upside of 23.92%. FedEx has a consensus price target of $297.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.10%. 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)	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
FedEx	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is UPS or FDX a better dividend stock?

United Parcel Service pays an annual dividend of $6.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. United Parcel Service pays out 95.6% 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 and FedEx has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. United Parcel Service is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer UPS or FDX?

In the previous week, United Parcel Service had 19 more articles in the media than FedEx. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for United Parcel Service and 47 mentions for FedEx. United Parcel Service's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat FedEx's score of 0.86 indicating that United Parcel Service is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
United Parcel Service	49 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FedEx	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, UPS or FDX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United Parcel Service	$90.91B	0.91	$5.78B	$6.86	14.15
FedEx	$87.82B	0.60	$4.33B	$15.94	13.79

Do institutionals & insiders believe in UPS or FDX?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of FedEx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is UPS or FDX more profitable?

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 Service	6.35%	39.13%	9.61%
FedEx	4.45%	15.59%	4.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UPS or FDX?

FedEx received 768 more outperform votes than United Parcel Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave United Parcel Service an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
United Parcel Service	Outperform Votes 879 59.67%	Underperform Votes 594 40.33%
FedEx	Outperform Votes 1647 70.09%	Underperform Votes 703 29.91%

Summary

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