Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, global logistics company Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD -0.18%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Expeditors and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Expeditors facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Seattle, Wash. (1979) |
Market Cap |
$7.9 billion |
Industry |
Air freight and logistics |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$6.0 billion |
Management |
Chairman/CEO Peter Rose President/COO R. Jordan Gates |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
18.8% |
Cash/Debt |
$1.4 billion / $0 |
Dividend Yield |
1.5% |
Competitors |
CEVA Group DHL International UPS Supply Chain Solutions |
On CAPS, 95% of the 550 members who have rated Expeditors believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier today, one of those Fools, TMFTailwind, succinctly summed up the Expeditors bull case for our community:
Similar to CH Robinson, EXPD is another [third-party logistics] carrier that is poised to outperform.
- Asset-light business with no debt and plenty of cash
-Long-term network effect that is valuable to customers
-ROIC consistently greater than 20%
-Dividend that is up 75% in four yearsEXPD has lagged the market for the past two years, which (to me, at least) means that now is the time to buy. Its current valuation is a great entry point -- EXPD's P/E and P/B ratios are the lowest that they've been in ten years.