EXPD vs. ECHO, FDX, XPO, CHRW, HUBG, RKLB, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, and UPS
Should you be buying Expeditors International of Washington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expeditors International of Washington include Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), FedEx (FDX), XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), and United Parcel Service (UPS). These companies are all part of the "air freight & logistics" industry.
Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) and Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Expeditors International of Washington presently has a consensus price target of $111.25, indicating a potential downside of 11.22%. Given Expeditors International of Washington's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Expeditors International of Washington is more favorable than Echo Global Logistics.
Echo Global Logistics received 36 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.65% of users gave Echo Global Logistics an outperform vote while only 50.07% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Expeditors International of Washington had 9 more articles in the media than Echo Global Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington and 0 mentions for Echo Global Logistics. Expeditors International of Washington's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Echo Global Logistics' score of 0.20 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Echo Global Logistics has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.81% compared to Echo Global Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 28.89% beat Echo Global Logistics' return on equity.
Expeditors International of Washington has higher revenue and earnings than Echo Global Logistics. Echo Global Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expeditors International of Washington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Echo Global Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Echo Global Logistics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Expeditors International of Washington beats Echo Global Logistics on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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