HUBG vs. BCO, FWRD, CHRW, AZUL, GLNG, ARCB, GBTG, TRN, CAAP, and RXO
Should you be buying Hub Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hub Group include Brink's (BCO), Forward Air (FWRD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Azul (AZUL), Golar LNG (GLNG), ArcBest (ARCB), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), Trinity Industries (TRN), Corporación América Airports (CAAP), and RXO (RXO).
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) and Brink's (NYSE:BCO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Hub Group received 20 more outperform votes than Brink's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 54.28% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote.
Hub Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brink's. Hub Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brink's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hub Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hub Group presently has a consensus target price of $46.54, indicating a potential upside of 8.44%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.79%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brink's is more favorable than Hub Group.
Hub Group has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Brink's' net margin of 2.46%. Brink's' return on equity of 59.84% beat Hub Group's return on equity.
Hub Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hub Group pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brink's pays out 37.2% 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. Hub Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Brink's had 2 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brink's and 1 mentions for Hub Group. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Brink's' score of 0.85 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hub Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Brink's beats Hub Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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