ARCB vs. WERN, SNDR, MRTN, ULH, HTLD, CVLG, YRCW, PTSI, LSTR, and KNX
Should you be buying ArcBest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ArcBest include Werner Enterprises (WERN), Schneider National (SNDR), Marten Transport (MRTN), Universal Logistics (ULH), Heartland Express (HTLD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), Landstar System (LSTR), and Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Werner Enterprises pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ArcBest pays out 9.7% 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. Werner Enterprises has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and ArcBest has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Werner Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Werner Enterprises. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ArcBest has a net margin of 2.80% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 2.59%. Werner Enterprises' return on equity of 15.27% beat ArcBest's return on equity.
Werner Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. ArcBest has a consensus price target of $142.69, indicating a potential upside of 25.41%. Given Werner Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.
Werner Enterprises has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Werner Enterprises had 6 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Werner Enterprises and 6 mentions for ArcBest. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 0.33 indicating that Werner Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Werner Enterprises received 16 more outperform votes than ArcBest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.24% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.
Summary
ArcBest beats Werner Enterprises on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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