EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. vs GXO Logistics, Inc., two Travel Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EXPE and GXO diverge most: on return on equity, EXPE reads 82.4% and GXO reads 4.3%; on net margin, EXPE reads 13.0% and GXO reads 1.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's EXPE price has a different growth bar priced in than GXO (+5.6% implied for EXPE vs +12.6% for GXO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What EXPE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What GXO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EXPE | GXO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $274.30 | $46.56 |
| Market cap | $33.6B | $5.4B |
| Sector | Travel Services | Travel Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.6% | +12.6% |
| P/E | 17.1 | — |
| P/B | 13.60 | 1.78 |
| P/S | 2.14 | 0.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5 | 9.8 |
| Revenue growth | +12.2% | +7.6% |
| Operating margin | 18.5% | 2.2% |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | 82.4% | 4.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.0% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 26.9% | 3.0% |
| FCF yield | 13.3% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 2.21 | 1.06 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.58 | 7.12 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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