WERN vs. MRTN, HTLD, LSTR, KNX, ARCB, ULH, SNDR, CVLG, TNK, and ZIM
Should you be buying Werner Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Werner Enterprises include Marten Transport (MRTN), Heartland Express (HTLD), Landstar System (LSTR), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), ArcBest (ARCB), Universal Logistics (ULH), Schneider National (SNDR), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) and Marten Transport (NASDAQ:MRTN) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Werner Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Marten Transport pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Werner Enterprises pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marten Transport pays out 33.8% 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.
In the previous week, Werner Enterprises had 9 more articles in the media than Marten Transport. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Werner Enterprises and 4 mentions for Marten Transport. Marten Transport's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Werner Enterprises' score of 0.71 indicating that Marten Transport is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Werner Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Marten Transport has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Marten Transport's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marten Transport is more favorable than Werner Enterprises.
Werner Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Marten Transport. Marten Transport is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Marten Transport shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Marten Transport shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marten Transport has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Werner Enterprises' net margin of 2.59%. Marten Transport's return on equity of 7.65% beat Werner Enterprises' return on equity.
Werner Enterprises has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marten Transport has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Werner Enterprises received 183 more outperform votes than Marten Transport when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.14% of users gave Marten Transport an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Werner Enterprises an outperform vote.
Summary
Marten Transport beats Werner Enterprises on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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