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
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 17.3% | 16.8% | 14.7% | 17.6% | — | — | 46.0% | 47.1% | 47.8% | 22.3% | −27.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 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 margin | 1.7% | 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 equity | 6.0% | 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 | — | 2.79 | 1.92 | 1.03 | 1.18 | 1.34 | 0.99 | 1.20 | 1.27 | 1.39 | 0.81 | 0.41 | 0.58 | 1.03 | 1.13 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.81 | 6.17 | 6.55 | 1.71 | 3.21 | 1.10 | 1.13 | 1.20 | 1.11 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 0.99 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 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) | 30.2x | 41.2x | 9.0x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 1.3x | 2.0x | 3.2x | 2.1x | 0.3x | 1.5x | 2.8x | 2.6x | 3.0x | 3.0x | 4.2x |
| Effective tax rate | 43.9% | 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 revenue | 0.2% | 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% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 7.7% | 9.5% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 8.3% | 11.5% | 12.1% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 3.5% | 5.1% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 4.8% | 6.9% | 7.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.2% | −2.9% | 2.5% | 10.2% | 6.0% | 3.4% | 7.7% | 12.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| Debt to equity | 207.7% | 203.4% | 187.8% | 177.3% | 174.8% | 171.4% | 155.3% | 151.8% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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.
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