Global Business Travel Group, Inc. vs XPO, Inc., two Travel Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GBTG and XPO diverge most: on operating margin, GBTG reads 0.4% and XPO reads 11.5%; on altman z (solvency), GBTG reads 1.11 and XPO reads 7.33. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What XPO's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GBTG | XPO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.43 | $200.97 |
| Market cap | $4.9B | $23.7B |
| Sector | Travel Services | Travel Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 58.9 | 59.5 |
| P/B | 3.03 | 12.09 |
| P/S | 1.67 | 2.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.8 | 20.6 |
| Revenue growth | +20.8% | +7.0% |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 4.7% |
| Return on equity | 5.6% | 20.6% |
| Return on assets | 1.8% | 4.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.9% | 11.2% |
| FCF yield | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.98 | 1.55 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.11 | 7.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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