R vs. CAR, HTZ, UHAL, GATX, FRO, HRI, AL, ALK, CPA, and KEX
Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), U-Haul (UHAL), GATX (GATX), Frontline (FRO), Herc (HRI), Air Lease (AL), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), and Kirby (KEX).
Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Avis Budget Group presently has a consensus price target of $172.86, indicating a potential upside of 71.57%. Ryder System has a consensus price target of $126.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Given Ryder System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 31 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Ryder System and 4 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ryder System's score of -0.25 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ryder System received 232 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.22% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 13.59% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of 2.95%. Avis Budget Group's return on equity of 18.38% beat Ryder System's return on equity.
96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ryder System shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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