XPO (XPO) Competitors

ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and XPO (NYSE:XPO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARCB or XPO?

99.3% of ArcBest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of XPO shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of XPO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ARCB or XPO?

ArcBest presently has a consensus price target of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.96%. XPO has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.61%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ArcBest is more favorable than XPO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArcBest	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
XPO	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Is ARCB or XPO more profitable?

XPO has a net margin of 4.32% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 3.90%. XPO's return on equity of 26.48% beat ArcBest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcBest	3.90%	8.67%	4.66%
XPO	4.32%	26.48%	5.57%

Does the media favor ARCB or XPO?

In the previous week, XPO had 14 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for XPO and 14 mentions for ArcBest. XPO's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat ArcBest's score of 0.37 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArcBest	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
XPO	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ARCB or XPO?

XPO has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArcBest	$4.18B	0.39	$173.96M	$6.72	10.63
XPO	$8.01B	1.76	$387M	$2.89	41.30

Which has more volatility & risk, ARCB or XPO?

ArcBest has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

XPO beats ArcBest on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.