Booking vs XPO
BKNG and XPO side by side, both in transportation services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKNG and XPO compare
Booking is the larger company, worth 5.2 times as much as XPO ($111B against $21.4B).
On earnings, Booking is cheaper: it trades at 16.4× trailing earnings, against 43.1× for XPO.
Booking grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.9% versus 9.5% for XPO).
Booking pays a dividend yielding 1.1%; XPO does not pay one.
Booking scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 11 for XPO), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKNG | XPO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $111B | $21.4B |
| Share price | $148.13 | $183.01 |
| Change, 1 year | −27.0% | 48.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 41.4% | 133% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.63 |
| Employees | 24K | 37K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.4× (better) | 43.1× |
| P/S | 3.9× | 2.4× (better) |
| P/B | – | 10.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.6× (better) | 17.8× |
| P/FCF | 11.7× (better) | 32.6× |
| PEG | 0.56 | – |
| FCF yield | 8.6% (better) | 3.1% |
| Fair value | $202.08 | $138.31 |
| Margin of safety | 26.7% (better) | −32.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.9% (better) | 9.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 31.7% (better) | 5.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 51.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 57.1% (better) | 52.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 158% (better) | 24.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 32.9% (better) | 9.9% |
| Net margin | – | 5.7% |
| FCF margin | 33.8% (better) | 7.4% |
| Return on equity | – | 26.5% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 13.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.52 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.30 (better) | 2.02 |
| Interest coverage | 8.4× (better) | 4.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.09 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.74 (better) | 3.66 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | – |
| Buyback yield | 9.5% (better) | 1.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 10.6% (better) | 1.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.9% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 0.20% | 3.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$55.6M | −$2.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- BKNG stock overview
- BKNG income statement
- BKNG valuation and score
- XPO stock overview
- XPO income statement
- XPO valuation and score
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