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Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About XPO (XPO) Q1 Earnings
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XPO (XPO - Free Report) reported $1.95 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 3.2%. EPS of $0.73 for the same period compares to $0.81 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.97 billion, representing a surprise of -0.76%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +12.31%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.65.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how XPO performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Adjusted operating ratio: 85.9% compared to the 85.9% average estimate based on four analysts.
Average weight per shipment: 1,352 lbs versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1,353.53 lbs.
Shipments per day: 48,400 compared to the 48,464 average estimate based on three analysts.
Gross revenue per hundredweight (excluding fuel surcharges): $24.73 versus $24.74 estimated by three analysts on average.
Number of working days: 63 compared to the 63 average estimate based on three analysts.
Gross revenue per hundredweight (including fuel surcharges): $29.06 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $29.18.
Pounds per day: 65.43 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 65.65 million.
Revenue- European Transportation Segment: $782 million compared to the $793.21 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.9% year over year.
Revenue- North American Less-Than-Truckload Segment: $1.17 billion versus $1.18 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4% change.
Adjusted EBITDA- North American Less-Than-Truckload Segment: $250 million versus $249.73 million estimated by six analysts on average.
Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate: -$4 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of -$4.33 million.
Adjusted EBITDA- European Transportation Segment: $32 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $27.11 million.
Shares of XPO have returned -10.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About XPO (XPO) Q1 Earnings
XPO (XPO - Free Report) reported $1.95 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 3.2%. EPS of $0.73 for the same period compares to $0.81 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.97 billion, representing a surprise of -0.76%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +12.31%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.65.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how XPO performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Adjusted operating ratio: 85.9% compared to the 85.9% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Average weight per shipment: 1,352 lbs versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1,353.53 lbs.
- Shipments per day: 48,400 compared to the 48,464 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gross revenue per hundredweight (excluding fuel surcharges): $24.73 versus $24.74 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Number of working days: 63 compared to the 63 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gross revenue per hundredweight (including fuel surcharges): $29.06 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $29.18.
- Pounds per day: 65.43 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 65.65 million.
- Revenue- European Transportation Segment: $782 million compared to the $793.21 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.9% year over year.
- Revenue- North American Less-Than-Truckload Segment: $1.17 billion versus $1.18 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4% change.
- Adjusted EBITDA- North American Less-Than-Truckload Segment: $250 million versus $249.73 million estimated by six analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate: -$4 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of -$4.33 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- European Transportation Segment: $32 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $27.11 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for XPO here>>>Shares of XPO have returned -10.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.