Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (NASDAQ:OMAB – Get Free Report) and RXO (NYSE:RXO – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Risk & Volatility
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RXO has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte and RXO’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte | 33.46% | 52.24% | 18.46% |
| RXO | -1.74% | -0.44% | -0.22% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.14 |
| RXO | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 |
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte currently has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.83%. RXO has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.16%. Given Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte is more favorable than RXO.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte and RXO”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte | $832.66 million | 5.90 | $278.84 million | $5.87 | 19.69 |
| RXO | $5.74 billion | 0.55 | -$100.00 million | ($0.58) | -32.91 |
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RXO. RXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
9.5% of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of RXO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of RXO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte beats RXO on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, holds concessions to develop, operate, and maintain airports in Mexico. The company operates 13 international airports in Monterrey, Acapulco, Mazatlán, Zihuatanejo, Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Torreón, and Zacatecas cities. It also operates the NH Collection Hotel in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport, and a hotel under the Hilton Garden Inn name at the Monterrey International Airport. In addition, the company provides aeronautical services, which include passenger, aircraft landing and parking, boarding and unloading, passenger walkway, and airport security services. Further, it offers complementary services that comprise leasing of space to airlines, cargo handling, baggage-screening, permanent and non-permanent ground transportation, and access rights services; non-aeronautical services, such as leasing of space at its airports to retailers, restaurants, and other commercial tenants, as well as maintaining of parking facilities and advertising; and diversification services, which consists of operation and lease of the industrial park and real estate services, as well as hotel and air cargo logistics services. Additionally, the company provides construction services. It has a strategic alliance with VYNMSA Desarrollo Inmobiliario, S.A. de C.V. to build and operate an industrial park at the Monterrey airport. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
About RXO
RXO, Inc. provides full truckload freight transportation brokering services. It also offers brokered services for managed transportation, last mile, and freight forwarding. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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