XPO (XPO) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

XPO (NYSE:XPO - Get Free Report) is expected to issue its Q2 2025 quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, July 31st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.00 per share and revenue of $2.05 billion for the quarter.

XPO (NYSE:XPO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The transportation company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.98 billion. XPO had a return on equity of 28.27% and a net margin of 4.87%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect XPO to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

XPO Trading Up 0.5%

NYSE XPO traded up $0.68 during trading on Thursday, hitting $135.68. The stock had a trading volume of 1,143,237 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,065,526. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.75, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.93. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $124.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $120.62. XPO has a one year low of $85.06 and a one year high of $161.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.03, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02.

XPO announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, March 27th that allows the company to buyback $750.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the transportation company to buy up to 5.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Institutional Trading of XPO

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of XPO by 50.7% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 5,412 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $582,000 after acquiring an additional 1,820 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in XPO by 3.2% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 11,416 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,228,000 after buying an additional 355 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in XPO by 7.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 17,654 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,856,000 after buying an additional 1,243 shares in the last quarter. 97.73% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on XPO shares. TD Cowen dropped their target price on XPO from $136.00 to $133.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Citigroup lowered XPO from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $137.00 to $140.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of XPO from $121.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of XPO from $125.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, June 30th. Finally, Benchmark increased their price target on shares of XPO from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and eighteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, XPO presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $141.16.

XPO Company Profile

XPO, Inc provides freight transportation services in the United States, rest of North America, France, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, North American LTL and European Transportation. The North American LTL segment provides customers with less-than-truckload (LTL) services, such as geographic density and day-definite domestic services.