Schneider National (NASDAQ:SNDR) Receiving Somewhat Favorable Media Coverage, Report Finds

Media coverage about Schneider National (NASDAQ:SNDR) has trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Schneider National earned a coverage optimism score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 45.5833962078274 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.

Shares of Schneider National (SNDR) traded down 0.14% during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $21.62. The company had a trading volume of 347,347 shares. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $21.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $20.18. Schneider National has a 52-week low of $17.69 and a 52-week high of $23.12. The company has a market capitalization of $3.82 billion and a PE ratio of 0.79.

Schneider National (NASDAQ:SNDR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 11th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $996.33 million. Schneider National had a net margin of 2.24% and a return on equity of 7.58%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.18 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Schneider National will post $0.97 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 20th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 19th.

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Investment Research lowered Schneider National from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 13th. Bank of America Corporation reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 target price (up from $23.00) on shares of Schneider National in a research report on Monday, July 10th. Citigroup Inc. assumed coverage on Schneider National in a research report on Tuesday, May 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $22.00 target price on the stock. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Schneider National in a research report on Monday, May 1st. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on Schneider National in a research report on Monday, May 1st. They set an “overweight” rating and a $24.00 target price on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.63.

Schneider National Company Profile

Schneider National, Inc is a provider of transportation, logistics and related services. The Company’s transportation solutions include one-way, intermodal, dedicated, bulk, transport management, trans loading services, international services and Schneider payment services. Its supply chain management and consulting services include logistics solution design, global supply chain services, enterprise and market entry assistance, and sourcing and compliance.