SAIA vs. JBHT, KNX, LSTR, ODFL, SNDR, XPO, EXPD, UHAL, TFII, and ZTO
Should you be buying Saia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saia include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Schneider National (SNDR), XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), U-Haul (UHAL), TFI International (TFII), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) and Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services presently has a consensus target price of $194.24, suggesting a potential upside of 17.63%. Saia has a consensus target price of $497.22, suggesting a potential upside of 22.84%. Given J.B. Hunt Transport Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saia is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.
In the previous week, Saia had 33 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Saia and 18 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Saia's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of -0.11 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 243 more outperform votes than Saia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.51% of users gave Saia an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
Saia has a net margin of 12.42% compared to Saia's net margin of 5.25%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 19.53% beat Saia's return on equity.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Saia. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saia has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Saia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Saia beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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