CHRW vs. EXPD, XPO, HUBG, RKLB, ECHO, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, and FDX
Should you be buying C.H. Robinson Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C.H. Robinson Worldwide include Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), XPO (XPO), Hub Group (HUBG), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), and FedEx (FDX). These companies are all part of the "air freight & logistics" industry.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Expeditors International of Washington has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. Expeditors International of Washington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C.H. Robinson Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 139 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.07% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote while only 47.69% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Expeditors International of Washington had 14 more articles in the media than C.H. Robinson Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington and 8 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Expeditors International of Washington's score of 0.68 indicating that C.H. Robinson Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.81% compared to C.H. Robinson Worldwide's net margin of 1.74%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 28.89% beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity.
93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $82.60, indicating a potential downside of 4.36%. Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus price target of $111.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.98%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
Summary
Expeditors International of Washington beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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