XPO vs. EXPD, CHRW, HUBG, RKLB, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, FDX, and EXPE
Should you be buying XPO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPO include Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), and Expedia Group (EXPE).
XPO (NYSE:XPO) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
XPO has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
97.7% of XPO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of XPO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.81% compared to XPO's net margin of 3.08%. XPO's return on equity of 30.77% beat Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity.
XPO received 759 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.38% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 50.07% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote.
XPO presently has a consensus price target of $116.60, indicating a potential upside of 8.99%. Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus price target of $111.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.98%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPO is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
Expeditors International of Washington has higher revenue and earnings than XPO. Expeditors International of Washington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Expeditors International of Washington had 10 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington and 12 mentions for XPO. XPO's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Expeditors International of Washington's score of 0.56 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
XPO beats Expeditors International of Washington on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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