ULH vs. YRCW, SNDR, ARCB, WERN, MRTN, HTLD, CVLG, YELLQ, PTSI, and ODFL
Should you be buying Universal Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Logistics include YRC Worldwide (YRCW), Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Yellow (YELLQ), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), and Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) and Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Universal Logistics has a net margin of 7.02% compared to Universal Logistics' net margin of -1.40%. YRC Worldwide's return on equity of 22.78% beat Universal Logistics' return on equity.
YRC Worldwide received 46 more outperform votes than Universal Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave YRC Worldwide an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave Universal Logistics an outperform vote.
Universal Logistics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YRC Worldwide. YRC Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Logistics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.1% of YRC Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of YRC Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.4% of Universal Logistics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Logistics has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. Given YRC Worldwide's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Universal Logistics is more favorable than YRC Worldwide.
In the previous week, Universal Logistics had 2 more articles in the media than YRC Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Universal Logistics and 0 mentions for YRC Worldwide. YRC Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Universal Logistics' score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Logistics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
YRC Worldwide has a beta of 3.32, meaning that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Logistics has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Universal Logistics beats YRC Worldwide on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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