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Are Transportation Stocks Lagging International Seaways (INSW) This Year?

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The Transportation group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has International Seaways (INSW - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.

International Seaways is a member of the Transportation sector. This group includes 136 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #15. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. International Seaways is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for INSW's full-year earnings has moved 19.5% higher within the past quarter. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.

According to our latest data, INSW has moved about 17.8% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Transportation stocks have gained an average of 5%. This means that International Seaways is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Another Transportation stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is United Airlines (UAL - Free Report) . The stock has returned 29.4% year-to-date.

The consensus estimate for United Airlines' current year EPS has increased 27.3% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

To break things down more, International Seaways belongs to the Transportation - Shipping industry, a group that includes 41 individual companies and currently sits at #197 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 12.3% so far this year, so INSW is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.

On the other hand, United Airlines belongs to the Transportation - Airline industry. This 29-stock industry is currently ranked #48. The industry has moved +10.4% year to date.

International Seaways and United Airlines could continue their solid performance, so investors interested in Transportation stocks should continue to pay close attention to these stocks.


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