Expeditors International Of Washington, Inc (NYSE:EXPD) does about 1.04M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1438238 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 16.52B USD. Its current market price is $118.03, marking a decrease of -1.91% compared to the previous close of $120.33. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $131.59 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $111.20. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $332 and a low of $101.
Expeditors International Of Washington, Inc (EXPD) has a 20-day trading average at $119.77 and the current price is -10.30% off the 52-week high compared with 6.14% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $121.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $120.91. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.49%, which increases to 1.85% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 40.30 to suggest the stock is neutral.
7 analysts observing the Expeditors International Of Washington, Inc (EXPD) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $101 and $332. The consensus objective for the share price is $117.36, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -0.57% over the period. The median price target is -0.03% away from the current levels at $118.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 7 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 0 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Hold and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Hold the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on November 06, 2024 when TD Cowen reiterated the stock to “Sell” and issued a price target of between $106 and $108. TD Cowen downgraded the stock to “Sell” from Hold on October 14, 2024 at a price target of $112-$106.
The current price level is -1.45%, -3.21%, and -2.38% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the EXPD price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Expeditors International Of Washington, Inc (EXPD) stock is down -0.61% over the week and -1.84% over the past month. Its price is -7.21% year-to-date and -0.80% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 9/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of 1.09 below consensus estimates by -0.13. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 1.42 and 5.47 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $2.49B, which analysts say will come at $10.41B for the current fiscal year and next year at $10.46B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $2.82B.
Its 12-month price target is $118. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -0.57 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $101, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $332.
The company has a return on investment of 26.24% and return on equity of 30.25%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 23.02 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 21.79. The beta has a value of 0.97. Price to book ratio is 7.01 and price to sales ratio is 1.66.
