JBHT vs. SNDR, ARCB, ODFL, UHAL, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, R, CAR, and WERN
Should you be buying J.B. Hunt Transport Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services include Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), U-Haul (UHAL), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), and Werner Enterprises (WERN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 43.2% 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.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Schneider National shares are owned by 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.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Schneider National. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 287 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.73% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 7 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 3 mentions for Schneider National. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Schneider National's score of 0.93 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 5.25% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.95%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 16.25% beat Schneider National's return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus price target of $194.24, indicating a potential upside of 20.83%. Schneider National has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.50%. Given Schneider National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Schneider National is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Schneider National on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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