UHAL vs. R, CAR, ZTO, XPO, TFII, SAIA, ASR, EXPD, LUV, and AAL
Should you be buying U-Haul stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U-Haul include Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), XPO (XPO), TFI International (TFII), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and American Airlines Group (AAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHAL) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Ryder System has a consensus target price of $126.83, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Ryder System's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryder System is more favorable than U-Haul.
3.6% of U-Haul shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Ryder System shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.0% of U-Haul 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
U-Haul has a net margin of 11.67% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 2.95%. Ryder System's return on equity of 18.38% beat U-Haul's return on equity.
Ryder System received 245 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.59% of users gave U-Haul an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote.
U-Haul has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U-Haul has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ryder System. Ryder System is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 6 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ryder System and 14 mentions for U-Haul. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat U-Haul's score of -0.24 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ryder System beats U-Haul on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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