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Schneider Is a Top-Tier Transport

Schneider Is a Top-Tier Transport
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Schneider National Inc
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Matt Young: We recently initiated coverage on newly public multimodal transportation and logistics provider Schneider National, which held its IPO in April at $19 per share. The stock is currently trading at about $20, not far off our $21 fair value estimate.

We did not award an economic moat to Schneider overall because of its flagship truckload shipping unit, which operates in a highly commoditized marketplace. That said, investors should note that Schneider is a high-quality transport, and its intermodal and asset-light logistics segments do show signs of having a narrow moat.

Before its IPO, Schneider was a quiet firm in terms of public disclosure surrounding its intermodal and truck brokerage operations. And what surprised us most here is the magnitude and profitability of those divisions, both of which show signs of benefiting from the self-reinforcing network effect.

Intermodal and brokerage make up about a third of revenue, and Schneider is the third largest asset-light intermodal provider by container count following leader JB Hunt, then Hub Group, though we estimate it's the second most profitable.

Wrapping up with valuation, Schneider is a top-tier transportation and logistics name, and although the stock isn't cheap at the moment, it’s not expensive either, and we think it could actually outperform several other transports, especially many truckload stocks, currently trading in overvalued territory.

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Matthew Young, CFA

Senior Equity Analyst
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Matthew Young, CFA, is a senior equity analyst, AM Industrials, for Morningstar*. He covers transportation and logistics firms. Young is responsible for conducting in-depth fundamental research and valuation analysis, while generating investment recommendations and value-added insights for institutional buy-side and advisory clients. Key coverage sectors include the Class-I railroads, integrated parcel delivery (FedEx, UPS), trucking, and asset-light freight forwarding (C.H. Robinson, Expeditors International). Young has also covered companies across the commercial services, waste management, and financial services industries.

Before joining Morningstar in 2010, Young spent five years as an equity research associate at William Blair, where he covered logistics and commercial-services firms. In this position, he was responsible for conducting fundamental analysis, valuation modelling, and writing earnings notes and ad hoc reports.

Young holds a master’s degree in business administration, with concentrations in finance and accounting, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Young holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and communications from Wheaton College.

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