HRI vs. FTAI, WSC, HEES, EXPD, JBHT, LUV, ZTO, VIK, XPO, and UHAL
Should you be buying Herc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herc include FTAI Aviation (FTAI), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Viking (VIK), XPO (XPO), and U-Haul (UHAL).
FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) and Herc (NYSE:HRI) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 19 more articles in the media than Herc. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 6 mentions for Herc. FTAI Aviation's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Herc's score of 0.76 indicating that Herc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Herc shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Herc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herc has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Herc has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Aviation. Herc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FTAI Aviation received 41 more outperform votes than Herc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave Herc an outperform vote.
FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Herc pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. FTAI Aviation pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Herc pays out 22.0% 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. Herc has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Herc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
FTAI Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $71.59, indicating a potential downside of 15.10%. Herc has a consensus price target of $152.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. Given FTAI Aviation's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Herc is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.
FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 21.08% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 10.31%. Herc's return on equity of 188.45% beat FTAI Aviation's return on equity.
Summary
Herc beats FTAI Aviation on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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