XPO vs. GATX, GBTG, RXO, GXO, CPA, OMAB, EURN, FRO, TRTN, and R
Should you be buying XPO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPO include GATX (GATX), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), RXO (RXO), GXO Logistics (GXO), Copa (CPA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Euronav (EURN), Frontline (FRO), Triton International (TRTN), and Ryder System (R). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
XPO vs.
XPO (NYSE:XPO) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, GATX had 2 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GATX and 1 mentions for XPO. GATX's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat XPO's score of 0.15 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
XPO has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.6% of XPO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of XPO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
XPO currently has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.12%. GATX has a consensus price target of $117.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.96%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPO is more favorable than GATX.
XPO has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. XPO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GATX has a net margin of 12.25% compared to XPO's net margin of 5.75%. XPO's return on equity of 41.62% beat GATX's return on equity.
XPO received 775 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.74% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.
Summary
XPO beats GATX on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
