Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG – Get Rating) and XPO Logistics (NYSE:XPO – Get Rating) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Global Business Travel Group and XPO Logistics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Global Business Travel Group | N/A | -15.61% | -1.86% |
| XPO Logistics | 4.68% | 36.79% | 5.87% |
Volatility & Risk
Global Business Travel Group has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO Logistics has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for Global Business Travel Group and XPO Logistics, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Global Business Travel Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| XPO Logistics | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2.90 |
Global Business Travel Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 107.64%. XPO Logistics has a consensus target price of $95.55, suggesting a potential upside of 89.81%. Given Global Business Travel Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Business Travel Group is more favorable than XPO Logistics.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Global Business Travel Group and XPO Logistics’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Global Business Travel Group | N/A | N/A | $6.20 million | N/A | N/A |
| XPO Logistics | $12.81 billion | 0.45 | $336.00 million | $6.16 | 8.17 |
XPO Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than Global Business Travel Group.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
78.0% of Global Business Travel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of XPO Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Global Business Travel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of XPO Logistics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
XPO Logistics beats Global Business Travel Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Global Business Travel Group (Get Rating)
Global Business Travel Group, Inc. provides B2B travel platform services. It offers software and services to manage travel, expenses, and meetings and events for companies of various sizes. The company is based in New York, New York.
About XPO Logistics (Get Rating)
XPO Logistics, 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 Brokerage and Other Services. The North American LTL segment provides customers with less-than-truckload (LTL) services, such as geographic density and day-definite regional, inter-regional, and transcontinental LTL freight services. This segment also offers cross-border U.S. service to and from Mexico and Canada, as well as intra-Canada service. The Brokerage and Other Services segment offers last mile logistics for heavy goods sold through e-commerce, omnichannel retail, and direct-to-consumer channels, as well as other non-core brokered freight transportation modes. It provides its services to customers in various industries, such as industrial and manufacturing, retail and e-commerce, food and beverage, logistics and transportation, and consumer goods. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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