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). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
GXO Logistics (NYSE:GXO) and XPO (NYSE:XPO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
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.
90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of XPO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, XPO had 1 more articles in the media than GXO Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for XPO and 14 mentions for GXO Logistics. GXO Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat XPO's score of 0.43 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GXO Logistics presently has a consensus target price of $69.69, indicating a potential upside of 37.98%. XPO has a consensus target price of $111.65, indicating a potential upside of 0.68%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than XPO.
GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XPO has a net margin of 2.44% compared to XPO's net margin of 2.34%. GXO Logistics' return on equity of 29.85% beat XPO's return on equity.
Summary
XPO beats GXO Logistics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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