R vs. CAR, HTZ, UHAL, FRO, ALK, AL, GXO, GATX, LSTR, and KEX
Should you be buying Ryder System stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryder System include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Hertz Global (HTZ), U-Haul (UHAL), Frontline (FRO), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Air Lease (AL), GXO Logistics (GXO), GATX (GATX), Landstar System (LSTR), and Kirby (KEX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Ryder System (NYSE:R) and Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ryder System has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ryder System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ryder System had 4 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ryder System and 11 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Ryder System's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Ryder System is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ryder System received 231 more outperform votes than Avis Budget Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Ryder System an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Avis Budget Group an outperform vote.
Avis Budget Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ryder System's net margin of 2.95%. Ryder System's return on equity of 18.38% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.
Ryder System currently has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.06%. Avis Budget Group has a consensus price target of $164.57, suggesting a potential upside of 36.64%. Given Avis Budget Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avis Budget Group is more favorable than Ryder System.
Avis Budget Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ryder System. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Avis Budget Group beats Ryder System on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ryder System News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for R and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding R and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ryder System Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
