XPO Logistics -- The Essentials

By Naomi Wentworth • Tuesday, December 02 15:21 • Permanent Link

XPO Logistics logged a -5.9% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $135.0 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. XPO's trading volume is 2,875,489 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,221,344.

XPO Logistics trades -10.31% away from its average analyst target price of $150.52 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $83.0 to $168.0, and on average have given XPO Logistics a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying XPO should be aware of the facts below:

XPO Logistics's current price is 333.5% above its Graham number of $31.14, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
XPO Logistics has moved -6.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.78, XPO Logistics has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 48.6 while the S&P 500 average is None
XPO has a forward P/E ratio of 30.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.41 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 8.69 compared to its sector average of None
XPO, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation services in the United States, North America, France, the United Kingdom, and rest of Europe.
Based in Greenwich, the company has 38,000 full time employees and a market cap of $15.9 Billion.

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