EXPD vs. XPO, CHRW, HUBG, RKLB, ECHO, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, and FDX
Should you be buying Expeditors International of Washington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expeditors International of Washington include XPO (XPO), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), and FedEx (FDX). These companies are all part of the "air freight & logistics" industry.
Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) and XPO (NYSE:XPO) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of XPO shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of XPO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, XPO had 4 more articles in the media than Expeditors International of Washington. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for XPO and 9 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington. Expeditors International of Washington's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat XPO's score of 0.24 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XPO received 766 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.49% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote.
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.
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.
Expeditors International of Washington presently has a consensus target price of $113.56, suggesting a potential downside of 8.59%. XPO has a consensus target price of $120.45, suggesting a potential upside of 9.70%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPO is more favorable than Expeditors International of Washington.
Summary
XPO beats Expeditors International of Washington on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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