XPO vs. GXO, GATX, SAIA, UHAL, TFII, ZTO, EXPD, JBHT, LUV, and UAL
Should you be buying XPO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPO include GXO Logistics (GXO), GATX (GATX), Saia (SAIA), U-Haul (UHAL), TFI International (TFII), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and United Airlines (UAL).
XPO (NYSE:XPO) and GXO Logistics (NYSE:GXO) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
XPO has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GXO Logistics had 2 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for GXO Logistics and 14 mentions for XPO. XPO's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat GXO Logistics' score of 0.45 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
XPO currently has a consensus target price of $111.65, suggesting a potential upside of 0.68%. GXO Logistics has a consensus target price of $69.69, suggesting a potential upside of 37.98%. Given GXO Logistics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than XPO.
XPO received 1081 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.34% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 44.83% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.
GXO Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than XPO. GXO Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XPO has a net margin of 2.44% compared to GXO Logistics' net margin of 2.34%. XPO's return on equity of 29.85% beat GXO Logistics' return on equity.
97.7% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of XPO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
XPO beats GXO Logistics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding XPO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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