XPO vs. GXO, GATX, UHAL, TFII, ZTO, ASR, SAIA, PAC, CHRW, and JBHT
Should you be buying XPO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPO include GXO Logistics (GXO), GATX (GATX), U-Haul (UHAL), TFI International (TFII), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
XPO (NYSE:XPO) and GXO Logistics (NYSE:GXO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
XPO has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GXO Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than XPO. GXO Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XPO has a net margin of 3.08% compared to GXO Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. XPO's return on equity of 30.77% beat GXO Logistics' return on equity.
97.7% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of XPO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
XPO received 1081 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.38% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, XPO had 13 more articles in the media than GXO Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for XPO and 6 mentions for GXO Logistics. XPO's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat GXO Logistics' score of 0.29 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
XPO currently has a consensus price target of $116.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.94%. GXO Logistics has a consensus price target of $69.38, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Given GXO Logistics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than XPO.
Summary
XPO beats GXO Logistics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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