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XPO, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, XPO, Inc. had return on equity of 18.3%, an operating margin of 8.0%, debt equal to 183.1% of equity and a current ratio of 1.05. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

XPO, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin16.7%17.3%16.8%14.7%17.6%——46.0%47.1%47.8%22.3%−27.3%——————
Operating margin3.2%5.3%1.0%−10.1%−7.4%−1.7%−0.4%3.2%3.8%4.1%5.3%1.6%4.3%4.9%5.7%8.2%8.0%9.9%
Net margin1.7%3.1%0.4%−7.3%−6.9%−2.7%−2.5%0.5%2.2%2.4%3.9%1.8%4.7%8.6%2.4%4.8%3.9%5.7%
Free-cash-flow margin−0.3%0.9%3.3%−11.2%−11.1%−2.8%−2.1%1.0%1.8%3.2%2.3%2.3%5.4%3.9%−10.8%0.2%4.0%7.4%
Return on equity6.0%15.7%1.1%−11.5%−13.8%−6.0%−8.7%2.5%10.8%11.8%13.3%3.9%16.9%62.0%16.6%27.0%18.3%26.2%
Return on assets—8.6%0.8%−7.5%−8.1%−3.6%−2.5%0.6%2.8%3.4%3.2%0.7%2.7%8.9%2.7%5.1%4.0%6.1%
Asset turnover—2.791.921.031.181.340.991.201.271.390.810.410.581.031.131.061.031.07
Current ratio—1.816.176.551.713.211.101.131.201.111.031.041.051.081.001.061.050.99
Debt to equity0.0%13.0%2.0%59.2%46.3%36.8%206.1%186.8%130.0%123.5%197.5%234.2%324.4%260.7%278.0%218.2%183.1%162.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)30.2x41.2x9.0xn/mn/mn/mn/m1.3x2.0x3.2x2.1x0.3x1.5x2.8x2.6x3.0x3.0x4.2x
Effective tax rate43.9%39.7%48.6%————20.6%−37.9%21.6%19.9%—10.3%28.7%26.2%18.2%27.7%25.4%
SG&A as % of revenue———0.5%2.0%2.7%——10.8%10.6%10.0%12.1%10.5%8.8%————
Capital spending as % of revenue0.2%0.5%0.4%2.5%1.7%1.9%3.3%3.3%3.3%3.2%3.5%4.0%3.7%6.8%19.8%9.8%8.1%5.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income−16.7%29.6%771.7%————201.4%82.6%130.6%59.7%126.4%115.2%45.5%−443.9%4.9%104.1%130.6%
Dividends ÷ net income———————7.2%2.1%1.9%1.9%———————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———————3.6%2.5%98.7%542.0%82.0%———0.0%38.0%48.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $8.3bn
Short-term assets $1.8bnLonger-term assets $6.5bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.8bn
Short-term liabilities $1.8bnShareholders' equity $2.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $1.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $260m of cash against $3.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 152% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 180% to 152% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.1bn of operating cash flow against $3.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $876m against $207m of interest.

From XPO, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

26 /100

Weak moat

How hard XPO's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 4 / 20

    Net income has been a median 3.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 0 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 16.6%, moving by 15.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.3%; its worst year was 0.2%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 2.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 12 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 14.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from XPO, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to XPO, Inc.