RAIL vs. SFWL, DRTT, AQMS, HRT, SHIM, ISSC, CLIR, SNT, AP, and TPCS
Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Shengfeng Development (SFWL), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), Aqua Metals (AQMS), HireRight (HRT), Shimmick (SHIM), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Senstar Technologies (SNT), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and TechPrecision (TPCS).
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Shengfeng Development (NASDAQ:SFWL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
32.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Shengfeng Development shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FreightCar America has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shengfeng Development has a beta of -4.86, indicating that its share price is 586% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FreightCar America had 2 more articles in the media than Shengfeng Development. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FreightCar America and 4 mentions for Shengfeng Development. Shengfeng Development's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat FreightCar America's score of 1.05 indicating that Shengfeng Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shengfeng Development has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -6.88%. Shengfeng Development's return on equity of 0.00% beat FreightCar America's return on equity.
Shengfeng Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FreightCar America.
FreightCar America presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.15%. Given FreightCar America's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FreightCar America is more favorable than Shengfeng Development.
FreightCar America received 249 more outperform votes than Shengfeng Development when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
FreightCar America beats Shengfeng Development on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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