XPO (XPO) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend XPO or ARCB?

XPO currently has a consensus target price of $141.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. ArcBest has a consensus target price of $93.17, indicating a potential upside of 18.62%. Given ArcBest's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than XPO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95
ArcBest	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Does the media prefer XPO or ARCB?

In the previous week, ArcBest had 1 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ArcBest and 8 mentions for XPO. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat XPO's score of 0.65 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPO	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ArcBest	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in XPO or ARCB?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, XPO or ARCB?

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
XPO	$8.07B	1.89	$387M	$3.25	39.85
ArcBest	$4.18B	0.43	$173.96M	$7.56	10.39

Is XPO or ARCB more profitable?

XPO has a net margin of 4.87% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 4.37%. XPO's return on equity of 28.27% beat ArcBest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPO	4.87%	28.27%	5.77%
ArcBest	4.37%	10.05%	5.35%

Which has more volatility and risk, XPO or ARCB?

XPO has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArcBest has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

XPO beats ArcBest on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.