DSDVY vs. ODFL, NSC, KHNGY, AMKBY, SWRAY, DAL, RYAAY, JBHT, WAB, and EXPD
Should you be buying DSV A/S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DSV A/S include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Kuehne + Nagel International (KHNGY), A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (AMKBY), Swire Pacific (SWRAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and DSV A/S (OTCMKTS:DSDVY) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DSV A/S has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
72.1% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of DSV A/S shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Old Dominion Freight Line shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Old Dominion Freight Line pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. DSV A/S pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Old Dominion Freight Line pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DSV A/S pays out 6.4% 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. Old Dominion Freight Line has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Old Dominion Freight Line is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Old Dominion Freight Line received 304 more outperform votes than DSV A/S when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.53% of users gave DSV A/S an outperform vote while only 55.37% of users gave Old Dominion Freight Line an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Old Dominion Freight Line had 15 more articles in the media than DSV A/S. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Old Dominion Freight Line and 0 mentions for DSV A/S. Old Dominion Freight Line's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat DSV A/S's score of 0.59 indicating that DSV A/S is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Old Dominion Freight Line presently has a consensus target price of $381.65, suggesting a potential downside of 4.90%. Given DSV A/S's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Old Dominion Freight Line is more favorable than DSV A/S.
Old Dominion Freight Line has a net margin of 21.49% compared to Old Dominion Freight Line's net margin of 7.78%. DSV A/S's return on equity of 34.58% beat Old Dominion Freight Line's return on equity.
DSV A/S has higher revenue and earnings than Old Dominion Freight Line. DSV A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Dominion Freight Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Old Dominion Freight Line beats DSV A/S on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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