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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $118.95, suggesting a potential upside of 8.63%. Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus target price of $111.25, suggesting a potential downside of 11.33%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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.
97.7% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of XPO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
XPO received 762 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.43% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 50.07% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote.
XPO has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, XPO had 5 more articles in the media than Expeditors International of Washington. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for XPO and 8 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington. Expeditors International of Washington's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat XPO's score of 0.74 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
XPO beats Expeditors International of Washington on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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