SNDR vs. ARCB, WERN, MRTN, LSTR, ULH, KNX, SAIA, STNG, CPA, and MATX
Should you be buying Schneider National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schneider National include ArcBest (ARCB), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Landstar System (LSTR), Universal Logistics (ULH), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Saia (SAIA), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Copa (CPA), and Matson (MATX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Schneider National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Schneider National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ArcBest received 13 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.78% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 53.19% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Schneider National had 5 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Schneider National and 10 mentions for ArcBest. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat ArcBest's score of -0.19 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ArcBest presently has a consensus price target of $143.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.89%. Schneider National has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.50%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schneider National is more favorable than ArcBest.
Schneider National has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Schneider National's net margin of 2.80%. Schneider National's return on equity of 15.27% beat ArcBest's return on equity.
ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ArcBest pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schneider National pays out 43.2% 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. Schneider National has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Schneider National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Schneider National has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ArcBest has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schneider National has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Schneider National beats ArcBest on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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