XPO, Inc. (NYSE:XPO) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of XPO, Inc. (NYSE:XPO) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $161.13.

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group upped their price target on XPO from $159.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of XPO from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of XPO from $150.00 to $167.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Susquehanna raised shares of XPO from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $155.00 to $180.00 in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of XPO from $146.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th.

Institutional Trading of XPO

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in XPO. Argent Trust Co boosted its stake in XPO by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Argent Trust Co now owns 3,940 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $517,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in XPO by 25.6% during the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 373 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Scientech Research LLC raised its holdings in XPO by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Scientech Research LLC now owns 9,843 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in XPO by 19.0% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 538 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $71,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SageView Advisory Group LLC increased its holdings in XPO by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 4,626 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $607,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.73% of the company’s stock.

XPO Stock Down 5.8 %

Shares of NYSE XPO opened at $124.70 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $138.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $130.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.08, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.61, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 2.12. XPO has a 52-week low of $97.03 and a 52-week high of $161.00.

XPO (NYSE:XPO) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The transportation company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.21. XPO had a return on equity of 30.36% and a net margin of 4.81%. Sell-side analysts expect that XPO will post 4.15 earnings per share for the current year.

XPO Company Profile

XPO, Inc provides freight transportation services in the United States, rest of North America, France, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, North American LTL and European Transportation. The North American LTL segment provides customers with less-than-truckload (LTL) services, such as geographic density and day-definite domestic services.