Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) Competitors

Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) and Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is EXPD or ECHO more profitable?

Expeditors International of Washington has a net margin of 7.81% compared to Echo Global Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. Expeditors International of Washington's return on equity of 28.89% beat Echo Global Logistics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expeditors International of Washington	7.81%	28.89%	15.34%
Echo Global Logistics	1.68%	16.28%	6.58%

Does the media prefer EXPD or ECHO?

In the previous week, Expeditors International of Washington had 23 more articles in the media than Echo Global Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Expeditors International of Washington and 0 mentions for Echo Global Logistics. Expeditors International of Washington's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Echo Global Logistics' score of 0.20 indicating that Expeditors International of Washington is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Expeditors International of Washington	Positive
Echo Global Logistics	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EXPD or ECHO?

Expeditors International of Washington has higher revenue and earnings than Echo Global Logistics. Echo Global Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expeditors International of Washington, 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
Expeditors International of Washington	$9.30B	1.84	$752.88M	$4.72	25.61
Echo Global Logistics	$2.51B	0.51	$15.83M	$2.18	22.13

Which has more volatility and risk, EXPD or ECHO?

Expeditors International of Washington has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Echo Global Logistics has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EXPD or ECHO?

Echo Global Logistics received 36 more outperform votes than Expeditors International of Washington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.73% of users gave Echo Global Logistics an outperform vote while only 50.07% of users gave Expeditors International of Washington an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Expeditors International of Washington	Outperform Votes 377 50.07%	Underperform Votes 376 49.93%
Echo Global Logistics	Outperform Votes 413 56.73%	Underperform Votes 315 43.27%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EXPD or ECHO?

94.0% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Echo Global Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Expeditors International of Washington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Echo Global Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate EXPD or ECHO?

Expeditors International of Washington presently has a consensus target price of $111.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.98%. Given Expeditors International of Washington's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Expeditors International of Washington is more favorable than Echo Global Logistics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expeditors International of Washington	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78
Echo Global Logistics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Expeditors International of Washington beats Echo Global Logistics on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.