Expeditors International of Washington Investors Should Focus on This

By Naomi Wentworth • Tuesday, January 09 09:50 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Expeditors International of Washington over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Fossil Fuel Exploration and Production stock at a price of $124.9? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Expeditors International of Washington has moved 16.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.5%
EXPD has an average analyst rating of hold and is 16.66% away from its mean target price of $107.06 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $5.34
Expeditors International of Washington has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.89 and its forward P/E ratio is 25.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 7.29 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Expeditors International of Washington is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
EXPD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -54.3% and gross profit margins of 0.1%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.23 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides logistics services in the Americas, North Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India. The company offers airfreight services, such as air freight consolidation and forwarding; ocean freight and ocean services, including ocean freight consolidation, direct ocean forwarding, and order management; customs brokerage, intra-continental ground transportation and delivery, and warehousing and distribution services; and customs clearance, purchase order management, vendor consolidation, time-definite transportation services, temperature-controlled transit, cargo insurance, specialized cargo monitoring and tracking, and other supply chain solutions. It also provides optimization, trade compliance, consulting, cargo security, and solutions. In addition, it acts as a freight consolidator or as an agent for the airline, which carries the shipment. Further, the company provides ancillary services that include preparation of shipping and customs documentation, packing, crating, insurance services, negotiation of letters of credit, and the preparation of documentation to comply with local export laws. Its customers include retailing and wholesaling, electronics, technology, and industrial and manufacturing companies. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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