Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Estimate for EXPD Earnings

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Expeditors International of Washington in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 27th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $1.32 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.35. The consensus estimate for Expeditors International of Washington's current full-year earnings is $5.39 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Expeditors International of Washington's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.67 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on EXPD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Expeditors International of Washington from $114.00 to $108.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Expeditors International of Washington from $110.00 to $105.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Expeditors International of Washington from $128.00 to $117.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of Expeditors International of Washington from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Expeditors International of Washington in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and eight have assigned a hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Expeditors International of Washington currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $113.89.

Expeditors International of Washington Stock Down 0.5%

Expeditors International of Washington stock traded down $0.58 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $112.69. 2,573,305 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,277,689. Expeditors International of Washington has a 12 month low of $100.47 and a 12 month high of $131.59. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $111.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $114.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.70, a PEG ratio of 5.00 and a beta of 1.09.

Institutional Trading of Expeditors International of Washington

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Drystone LLC purchased a new stake in Expeditors International of Washington in the fourth quarter worth approximately $5,925,000. Allworth Financial LP boosted its stake in shares of Expeditors International of Washington by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 6,518 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $732,000 after purchasing an additional 1,216 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Expeditors International of Washington by 37.4% during the fourth quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 75,917 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $8,459,000 after purchasing an additional 20,658 shares during the period. Everett Harris & Co. CA boosted its stake in shares of Expeditors International of Washington by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Everett Harris & Co. CA now owns 218,766 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $24,233,000 after purchasing an additional 4,405 shares during the period. Finally, Compass Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Expeditors International of Washington by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Compass Capital Management Inc. now owns 475,342 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $52,654,000 after purchasing an additional 6,262 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.02% of the company's stock.

Expeditors International of Washington Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.77 per share. This is a positive change from Expeditors International of Washington's previous semi-annual dividend of $0.73. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.4%. Expeditors International of Washington's payout ratio is presently 25.58%.

About Expeditors International of Washington

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides logistics services worldwide. The company offers airfreight services, such as air freight consolidation and forwarding; ocean freight and ocean services, including ocean freight consolidation, direct ocean forwarding, and order management; customs brokerage, import, intra-continental ground transportation and delivery, and warehousing and distribution services; and customs clearance, purchase order management, vendor consolidation, time-definite transportation services, temperature-controlled transit, cargo insurance, specialized cargo monitoring and tracking, and other supply chain solutions.