XPO vs. GXO, GATX, ZTO, UHAL, TFII, SAIA, ASR, AAL, CHRW, and EXPD
Should you be buying XPO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPO include GXO Logistics (GXO), GATX (GATX), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), U-Haul (UHAL), TFI International (TFII), Saia (SAIA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), American Airlines Group (AAL), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
XPO has a net margin of 3.08% compared to XPO's net margin of 1.68%. GXO Logistics' return on equity of 30.77% beat XPO's return on equity.
In the previous week, GXO Logistics had 2 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GXO Logistics and 11 mentions for XPO. GXO Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat XPO's score of 0.58 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
XPO received 1080 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.37% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.
GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GXO Logistics presently has a consensus target price of $69.38, suggesting a potential upside of 31.83%. XPO has a consensus target price of $114.95, suggesting a potential upside of 4.31%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than XPO.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of XPO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
XPO beats GXO Logistics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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