AL vs. R, ALK, FRO, KEX, GXO, LSTR, GATX, HRI, CPA, and STNG
Should you be buying Air Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Lease include Ryder System (R), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Frontline (FRO), Kirby (KEX), GXO Logistics (GXO), Landstar System (LSTR), GATX (GATX), Herc (HRI), Copa (CPA), and Scorpio Tankers (STNG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and Air Lease (NYSE:AL) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Ryder System has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Lease has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 30 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Ryder System and 5 mentions for Air Lease. Air Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ryder System's score of 0.39 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ryder System currently has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.00%. Air Lease has a consensus price target of $53.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. Given Air Lease's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ryder System is more favorable than Air Lease.
Air Lease received 68 more outperform votes than Ryder System when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.19% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote.
Ryder System pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ryder System pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Lease pays out 16.3% 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. Ryder System has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Air Lease has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Ryder System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ryder System shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Lease has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ryder System. Air Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Air Lease has a net margin of 22.89% compared to Air Lease's net margin of 2.95%. Air Lease's return on equity of 18.38% beat Ryder System's return on equity.
Summary
Air Lease beats Ryder System on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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