UHAL vs. SP, ODFL, JBHT, SAIA, KNX, LSTR, R, CAR, WERN, and MRTN
Should you be buying U-Haul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U-Haul include SP Plus (SP), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Saia (SAIA), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Werner Enterprises (WERN), and Marten Transport (MRTN).
SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) and U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
SP Plus received 9 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote.
94.0% of SP Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of U-Haul shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SP Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.0% of U-Haul 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.
U-Haul has a net margin of 11.01% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 1.68%. U-Haul's return on equity of 21.93% beat SP Plus' return on equity.
U-Haul has higher revenue and earnings than SP Plus. U-Haul is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, U-Haul had 2 more articles in the media than SP Plus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for U-Haul and 10 mentions for SP Plus. U-Haul's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat SP Plus' score of -0.34 indicating that SP Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U-Haul has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SP Plus currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Given U-Haul's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SP Plus is more favorable than U-Haul.
Summary
SP Plus and U-Haul tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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