EXPD vs. FDX, XPO, RKLB, CHRW, HUBG, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, and BCO
Should you be buying Expeditors International of Washington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expeditors International of Washington include FedEx (FDX), XPO (XPO), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), and Brink's (BCO).
Expeditors International of Washington vs.
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
FedEx received 1271 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 48.84% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote.
FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Expeditors International of Washington pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. FedEx pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Expeditors International of Washington pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FedEx has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Expeditors International of Washington has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
84.5% of FedEx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of FedEx 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.64% compared to FedEx's net margin of 4.45%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 36.16% beat FedEx's return on equity.
FedEx currently has a consensus price target of $295.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.12%. Expeditors International of Washington has a consensus price target of $113.89, indicating a potential downside of 0.39%. Given FedEx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
In the previous week, FedEx had 29 more articles in the media than Expeditors International of Washington. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for FedEx and 5 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington. Expeditors International of Washington's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat FedEx's score of 0.75 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FedEx has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than Expeditors International of Washington. FedEx 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.
Summary
FedEx beats Expeditors International of Washington on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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