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XPO·XPO, Inc.

$185.06
+3.91 (+2.16%)
After Hours
High
$185.25
Open
$179.29
Market Cap
21.49B
52W High
$233.00
Low
$179.05
P. Close
$185.06
P/E
53.18
52W Low
$121.48
Fwd P/E
27.57
DailyIQ Est.
$238.93
Inst. Ownership
51.5%
Short Interest
5.95%
Days to Cover
5.9
Technical Score (1D)
79
BULLISH
News Sentiment
57
BULLISH
On Oct 10, XPO announced that it had opened two new less‑than‑truckload service centers in Mesa, Arizona, and Cameron, Missouri, expanding its network to 300 locations that now cover 99 % of U.S. ZIP codes and provide cross‑border service with Canada and Mexico. The company added 118 dock doors and more than 130 new employees, raising dock door capacity by 15 % since 2021 and strengthening its ability to handle additional freight and support customer growth. On Oct 9, several reports noted that the new centers were intended to capture regional freight demand in the Phoenix and Kansas City markets and to broaden XPO’s logistics infrastructure. Those reports also highlighted that the expansion could enhance future cash generation and that analysts were questioning whether the current share price reflected projected cash flows. The expansion was described as a modest reinforcement of the near‑term catalyst of utilizing excess doors as demand recovers, while the core risks of a softer freight backdrop and rising labor costs remained unchanged.
LOW TARGET
$115 -37.9%
1 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$226 +22.1%
19 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$275 +48.6%
11 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$115.00 - $275.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
7/15/7/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$238.93 (+29.1%)
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Trucking
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Website
Symbol
XPO
Description
XPO, Inc. is a freight transportation provider operating across North America and Europe, offering a comprehensive suite of services to diverse industries. The company's core business is divided into two primary segments: North American Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) and European Transportation. In North America, XPO facilitates day-definite domestic and cross-border shipping solutions, leveraging its extensive network to serve the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. The European segment provides a broader range of offerings, including truckload, LTL, brokerage, and warehousing, catering to consumer, trade, and industrial markets. Formerly known as XPO Logistics, the company rebranded as XPO, Inc. in late 2022, and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
181,297 shares
$36.6M
Wismans KyleChief Financial Officer
Sell750 shares2026-10-01
Bates David J.Chief Operating Officer
Sell715 shares2026-10-01
Bates David J.Chief Operating Officer
Sell900 shares2026-10-01
Bates David J.Chief Operating Officer
Sell300 shares2026-10-01
Bates David J.Chief Operating Officer
Sell700 shares2026-10-01
63/ 100
Neutral / mixed
Overall: Neutral
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Gross Margin
1.5%
Net Margin
3.9%
Revenue CAGR
31.7%
Current Ratio
1.05x
Debt / Equity
1.95x
Return on Equity
17.0%
Earnings Summary
XPO, Inc. operates as a freight transportation provider across North America and Europe, delivering less‑than‑truckload (LTL) and truckload services to a broad customer base. The company’s North American LTL segment focuses on day‑definite domestic and cross‑border shipping, while its European unit offers truckload, LTL, brokerage, and warehousing to consumer, trade, and industrial markets. In the most recent two quarters, XPO reported EPS of $1.01 in Q1 2026 and $1.70 in Q2 2026, both beating analyst expectations of $0.8851 and $1.486 respectively, and revenue grew from $2.096 billion to $2.355 billion, a 12.4% YoY increase that outpaced the prior quarter’s 8.5% rise; the company has consistently outperformed estimates in the last four quarters. Historically, XPO has shown a steady YoY revenue growth trajectory, with EPS occasionally missing guidance in earlier periods but recent quarters have demonstrated a pattern of beating estimates, suggesting improving profitability despite volatile freight rates. Recent news highlights the opening of two new LTL service centers in Mesa, Arizona, and Cameron, Missouri, expanding the network to 300 locations and adding 118 dock doors, which analysts view as a near‑term catalyst that could enhance capacity and revenue while raising capital needs; Citigroup’s upgrade to a Buy rating and a $224 price target underscore confidence in the company’s logistics network and growth prospects.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.49$0.83$1.18$1.52$1.86Q1'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$1.57 - -
Q2'26$1.49$1.70+14.4%
Q1'26$0.89$1.01+14.1%
Q1'25$0.65$0.73+12.1%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$1.9B$2.0B$2.2B$2.3B$2.5BQ1'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$2.4B - -
Q2'26$2.3B$2.4B+2.6%
Q1'26$2.1B$2.1B+1.8%
Q1'25 - $2.0B -

Market Data

XPO Stock Snapshot

BULLISH79/100
$185.20+$0.14 (0.1%)
Market cap
21.49B
P/E ratio
53.2
Day range
$179.05 – $185.25
News sentiment
57/100 · Neutral
Analyst target
$225.91 (+22.0%)
Consensus
Buy · 31 analysts
52-week range+52.5% off low · -20.5% from high
$121.48$233.00
Price $185.20 DailyIQ Est. $238.93

The signal on XPO is bullish: price action is confirming the underlying trend, not fighting it. Sector peers are worth watching - large caps in Industrials tend to move together on rotation.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into XPO?

RICH

At today's price, XPO, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about 48.9% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 10.40% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 30.7% a year, so the market is asking for 18.2 percentage points above its own delivered rate. On that basis XPO looks priced above what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
48.9%
Historical FCF CAGR
30.7%
Growth gap
+18.2 pts
Verdict
RICH
Discount rate (WACC)
10.40%
Beta
1.20

Behaviour On Record

What XPO's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
26.3% 9th pct
Below its peak
-20.7%
vs 200-day average
-6.5%
Up days (1y)
50%

XPO, Inc. is currently running 26.3% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against XPO's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 9th percentile — unusually subdued by its own history, against a typical reading of 40.3%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

XPO is trading -20.7% below its running peak. Across 12 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -36.6%, and the deepest was -60.5% in 2018. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits -6.5% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 26th percentile — a narrower gap than it typically runs. Over the past year XPO closed higher on 50% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a rising streak.

On October specifically: over 13 years of records, XPO finished the month higher 9 of 13 times, with a median return of +5.3% and an average of +3.0%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +8.7% on average, its weakest March at -2.8%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: XPO has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 312 of 3,267 sessions (9.6% of the time), with the largest gaps running +11.4% and -41.9%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

All figures computed from 3,268 daily closes between 2013-10-15 and 2026-10-13, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against XPO's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of XPO's sector?

XPO, Inc. sits in the Industrials sector, currently ranked 8th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (improving). Within its narrower Transportation industry group, XPO ranks 6th of 15 tracked industries, improving.

Sector rank
#8 of 12
Sector state
Improving
Sector rotation score
36
Industry rank
#6 of 15

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for XPO?

CallsPuts

For XPO, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-10-16, 2 days out), open interest is put-heavy, a defensive/bearish tilt (put/call ratio of 9.09), with at-the-money implied volatility around 48.6%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±3.6% move by that expiry — a range of about $179.30–$192.88.

Put/call ratio (2026-10-16)
9.09
ATM implied volatility
48.6%
Total open interest
6,535
Expected move by 2026-10-16
±3.6% ($179.30–$192.88)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on XPO?

Stifel most recently reiterated its rating on XPO, Inc. to Buy on Oct 8, 2026 with a price target of $230 (from $257). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 1 upgrade against 0 downgrades, a net bullish lean.

Latest action
Stifel — Buy
90-day upgrades
1
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
+1
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 8, 2026StifelMaintainedBuy$257 → $230
Oct 7, 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainedBuy$240 → $220
Oct 7, 2026CitigroupUpgradeNeutral → Buy$220 → $224
Oct 5, 2026JP MorganMaintainedOverweight$214 → $205
Oct 2, 2026SusquehannaMaintainedNeutral$225 → $194
Oct 2, 2026B of A SecuritiesMaintainedBuy$228 → $230
Sep 10, 2026BernsteinInitiatedOutperform$244
Sep 8, 2026CitigroupMaintainedNeutral$221 → $220
Sep 4, 2026B of A SecuritiesMaintainedBuy$248 → $228
Jul 31, 2026CitigroupMaintainedNeutral$226 → $221
Jul 31, 2026TD CowenMaintainedBuy$224 → $228
Jul 31, 2026OppenheimerMaintainedOutperform$236 → $238

Peers & ETF holders

XPO peers & ETF holders

News Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment gathered from recent headlines

57/100
Strong NegativeNeutralStrong Positive
MODERATELY BULLISH

Recent News Coverage

Most recent articles, ranked by recency (click to expand).

10+ articles
What did this article say?
XPO (NYSE:XPO) posted an annualized return of 30.52% over the past five years, outperforming the broader market by 18.74%. The company’s market capitalization stands at $21.48 billion. The performance indicates strong operational execution and growth momentum in the logistics sector. Investors who held XPO shares for five years would have seen a significant gain relative to market peers.
What did this article say?
XPO opened two new less‑than‑truckload service centers in Mesa, Arizona, and Cameron, Missouri, bringing its network to 300 locations that now cover 99% of U.S. ZIP codes and offer cross‑border service with Canada and Mexico. The addition of 118 dock doors and over 130 new employees increased dock door capacity by 15% since 2021, strengthening the company’s ability to handle more freight and support customer growth. While the expansion modestly reinforces the near‑term catalyst of utilizing excess doors as demand recovers, it does not alter the core risk of a softer freight backdrop or rising labor costs.
What did this article say?
XPO opened new freight service centers in Mesa, Arizona, and Cameron, Missouri, extending its less‑than‑truckload footprint into the Phoenix and Kansas City regions. The expansion is intended to capture additional regional freight demand and improve network density. While recent quarterly trading showed a modest decline, the year‑to‑date performance and long‑term shareholder return suggest sustained momentum. The new facilities are part of XPO’s broader strategy to strengthen its logistics infrastructure and support future growth.
What did this article say?
XPO’s share price of US$181.95 has risen 293.9% over five years, prompting analysts to evaluate whether the stock remains justified by its cash flow prospects. A discounted cash flow model was used to assess the alignment between the current price and projected future earnings. New less‑than‑truckload service centers in Mesa, Arizona, and Cameron, Missouri, are expected to broaden XPO’s North American network, potentially increasing capacity and revenue while also raising capital requirements. The company’s 52.7x P/E ratio suggests a higher valuation relative to peers, fueling debate over whether the market has over‑priced the stock. Overall, the analysis indicates that XPO may still be undervalued given its growth prospects and network expansion plans.
What did this article say?
Stifel analyst J. Bruce Chan reduced XPO’s price target from $257 to $230 while keeping a Buy recommendation. The downgrade reflects concerns about the company’s valuation relative to peers and potential earnings pressure. The rating suggests the firm still sees upside but at a lower level than previously expected. This adjustment may influence investor sentiment and trading activity around XPO shares.
What did this article say?
Truist Securities analyst Lucas Servera reduced XPO’s price target from $240 to $220 but kept a Buy recommendation. The downgrade reflects a more cautious view on the company’s near‑term valuation, though the overall outlook remains positive. The move signals a modest reassessment of upside potential without altering the fundamental support for the stock.
What did this article say?
Citigroup upgraded XPO to a Buy rating and set a new price target of $224, reflecting confidence in the company’s growth prospects. The upgrade follows a review of XPO’s operational performance and strategic initiatives. Analysts noted the company’s robust logistics network and expanding customer base as key drivers for the rating change. The move signals a positive outlook for XPO’s stock, potentially influencing investor sentiment and trading activity.
What did this article say?
Citigroup analyst Ariel Rosa upgraded XPO from Neutral to Buy and increased the price target from $220 to $224. The upgrade reflects confidence in the company’s logistics and growth prospects. The new target suggests a potential upside for investors. The move aligns with broader positive sentiment toward the transportation sector.
What did this article say?
XPO announced the opening of two new service centers in Mesa, Arizona, and Cameron, Missouri, bringing its total network to 300 sites. The Mesa facility, spanning 51,000 square feet with 86 doors, is designed to meet rising freight demand from industrial growth and cross‑border trade in the Phoenix area. The Cameron center, 13,000 square feet with 32 doors, enhances capacity near I‑35 to serve the Kansas City market. These expansions align with XPO’s long‑term strategy to deepen presence in key freight corridors and support recent tonnage growth.
What did this article say?
JP Morgan analyst Brian Ossenbeck reduced XPO’s price target from $214 to $205 while keeping an Overweight rating. The downgrade reflects concerns over the company’s earnings outlook and competitive pressures in the logistics sector. The move signals a modest negative view on XPO’s near‑term valuation, though the rating remains positive. The adjustment is expected to influence short‑term investor sentiment and trading activity.

Technical Analysis

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Institutional & Hedge Fund Ownership
25 tracked managers · $11.70B combined position · 14 adding, 11 trimming, 0 unchanged (latest 13F filings)
ManagerTrendShares Held% of Co.Position ValueFiled
BlackRock, Inc.▲ Buy14,541,75112.26%$2.99B2026-08-07
Capital Research Global Investors▼ Sell8,271,8246.97%$1.70B2026-08-12
Vanguard Group Inc▼ Sell10,525,2588.87%$1.43B2026-01-29
Capital World Investors▲ Buy5,834,6274.92%$1.20B2026-08-12
FMR LLC (Fidelity)▲ Buy4,332,1533.65%$889.35M2026-08-13
Invesco Ltd.▼ Sell3,035,9302.56%$623.25M2026-08-14
Geode Capital Management, LLC▲ Buy2,378,0742.01%$486.95M2026-08-12
Goldman Sachs Group Inc▲ Buy2,203,3691.86%$452.33M2026-08-14
Norges Bank▲ Buy1,564,9731.32%$321.27M2026-08-12
Citadel Advisors LLC▼ Sell1,112,8820.94%$228.46M2026-09-02
Northern Trust Corp▲ Buy1,069,7730.90%$219.61M2026-08-13
Morgan Stanley▼ Sell1,019,9990.86%$209.40M2026-08-13
Two Sigma Investments, LP▲ Buy856,2090.72%$175.77M2026-08-14
AllianceBernstein L.P.▲ Buy665,4580.56%$129.46M2026-08-14
JPMorgan Chase & Co▲ Buy443,7430.37%$92.60M2026-08-12
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.▲ Buy448,7500.38%$92.12M2026-08-14
Bank of America Corp▼ Sell398,7470.34%$81.86M2026-08-14
Wells Fargo & Company▼ Sell388,5480.33%$79.76M2026-08-14
Millennium Management LLC▼ Sell296,8500.25%$60.94M2026-08-14
Squarepoint Ops LLC▲ Buy282,9250.24%$58.08M2026-08-14
Renaissance Technologies LLC▲ Buy229,1200.19%$47.04M2026-08-13
Wellington Management Group LLP▼ Sell212,9120.18%$43.71M2026-08-14
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC▼ Sell182,8790.15%$37.54M2026-08-14
Marshall Wace, LLP▲ Buy144,2470.12%$29.61M2026-08-13
Citigroup Inc▼ Sell123,0930.10%$25.27M2026-08-03
Q2 2026 flow:5.78M sh bought ($1.18B)3.91M sh sold ($802.71M)net +1.87M sh (+$381.84M)
Congressional Trading Activity
2 disclosed trades · ~$16.0K est. traded value · 1 buys, 1 sells
MemberChamberStateTypeAmountTradedFiled
Lisa McClainHouseMI09▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-08-042025-09-12
Lisa McClainHouseMI09▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-07-222025-08-13