Freight Delivery Company RXO (NYSE:RXO) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
RXO beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.43 billion, flat year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with EBITDA guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting RXO’s revenue to grow 15.8% year on year, slowing from the 52.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. RXO has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at RXO’s peers in the ground transportation segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Schneider delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.9%, and XPO reported revenues up 13.2%, topping estimates by 2.8%. Schneider traded up 4.7% following the results while XPO’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Schneider’s results here and XPO’s results here.
Investors in the ground transportation segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. RXO is down 17% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $24.88 (compared to the current share price of $22.06).
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