RKLB vs. HUBG, MTTR, ASTS, WD, ATSG, CHPT, NKLA, PKOH, FWRD, and UPS
Should you be buying Rocket Lab USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include Hub Group (HUBG), Matterport (MTTR), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), ChargePoint (CHPT), Nikola (NKLA), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Forward Air (FWRD), and United Parcel Service (UPS).
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hub Group has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Hub Group's net margin of -64.15%. Rocket Lab USA's return on equity of 8.48% beat Hub Group's return on equity.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hub Group received 439 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.28% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 13 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 4 mentions for Hub Group. Rocket Lab USA's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Hub Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hub Group presently has a consensus target price of $46.54, suggesting a potential upside of 7.86%. Rocket Lab USA has a consensus target price of $7.39, suggesting a potential upside of 69.01%. Given Hub Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than Hub Group.
46.8% of Hub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hub Group beats Rocket Lab USA on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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