FDX vs. CSX, NSC, CP, ODFL, RYAAY, DAL, WAB, UAL, LUV, and JBHT
Should you be buying FedEx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FedEx include CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
FedEx received 1054 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 62.47% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
CSX has a net margin of 24.75% compared to CSX's net margin of 5.02%. FedEx's return on equity of 29.58% beat CSX's return on equity.
CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CSX pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FedEx pays out 29.1% 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. CSX has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and FedEx has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, FedEx had 10 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for FedEx and 18 mentions for CSX. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CSX's score of 0.40 indicating that CSX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CSX has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than CSX. FedEx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of FedEx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CSX presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. FedEx has a consensus price target of $301.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.35%. Given CSX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than CSX.
Summary
FedEx beats CSX on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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