KEX vs. MATX, GOGL, GLNG, INSW, TNK, FRO, AL, GXO, ALK, and LSTR
Should you be buying Kirby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirby include Matson (MATX), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), International Seaways (INSW), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Frontline (FRO), Air Lease (AL), GXO Logistics (GXO), Alaska Air Group (ALK), and Landstar System (LSTR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and Matson (NYSE:MATX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Matson has higher revenue and earnings than Kirby. Matson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirby has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matson has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Matson shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kirby shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Matson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Matson has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Kirby's net margin of 8.01%. Matson's return on equity of 12.71% beat Kirby's return on equity.
Kirby presently has a consensus price target of $116.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.57%. Matson has a consensus price target of $111.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.50%. Given Kirby's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kirby is more favorable than Matson.
In the previous week, Kirby had 23 more articles in the media than Matson. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Kirby and 4 mentions for Matson. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Matson's score of 0.25 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kirby received 269 more outperform votes than Matson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.79% of users gave Matson an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
Summary
Kirby beats Matson on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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