UHAL vs. R, CAR, XPO, ZTO, TFII, SAIA, ASR, LUV, PAC, and EXPD
Should you be buying U-Haul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U-Haul include Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), XPO (XPO), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), TFI International (TFII), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 4 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ryder System and 14 mentions for U-Haul. U-Haul's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Ryder System's score of -0.20 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ryder System received 245 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.0% of U-Haul shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ryder System currently has a consensus target price of $126.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Given U-Haul's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ryder System is more favorable than U-Haul.
Ryder System has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U-Haul has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U-Haul has a net margin of 11.67% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 2.95%. U-Haul's return on equity of 18.38% beat Ryder System's return on equity.
U-Haul has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ryder System. Ryder System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ryder System beats U-Haul on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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