ELOG vs XPO vs LSTR Stock Comparison

Eastern International, Xpo and Landstar System Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XPO XPO, Inc.
$182.95 +3.1% 1M +46.7% 1Y
Market cap
$22.09B
P/E
43.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.84B
Div. yield
–
Trucking Industrials
4 wins
LSTR Landstar System Inc
$141.37 -16.1% 1M +13.6% 1Y
Market cap
$4.84B
P/E
30.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.29B
Div. yield
–
Logistics Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Landstar System leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Landstar System 7, Xpo 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELOGXPOLSTRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.21M $22.09B $4.84B XPO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.0x 43.9x 30.2x LSTR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 31.0x 23.0x LSTR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.5% +10.7% LSTR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.7% 3.0% XPO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.7% 17.9% LSTR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.0x -1.1x LSTR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -65.2% +46.7% +13.6% XPO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +29.1%/yr -4.3%/yr XPO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 116.6% 42.2% 40.1% LSTR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 50/100 51/100 LSTR

Percentile Scorecard

ELOGXPOLSTR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisELOGXPOLSTR
Valuation 56 #61 of 136 19 #110 of 136 26 #101 of 136
Growth – 90 #13 of 121 24 #92 of 121
Profitability – 65 #40 of 112 56 #50 of 112
Financial Health 46 #76 of 140 26 #104 of 140 86 #21 of 140
Shareholder Returns – 49 #41 of 80 63 #30 of 80
Overall – 50 51
  • ELOG ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • XPO ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • LSTR ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodELOGXPOLSTRSPY
1 month +62.0%+3.1%-16.1% +0.7%
3 months -10.0%-8.1%-16.5% +3.7%
6 months -16.5%-16.9%-23.2% +7.1%
Year to date -29.6%+34.6%-1.6% +12.8%
1 year -65.2%+46.7%+13.6% +11.9%
3 years —+136.1%-14.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year —+33.2%-5.0% +22.8%
5 years —+258.9%-19.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+29.1%-4.3% +10.9%
10 years —+1,506.2%+100.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+32.0%+7.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureELOGXPOLSTRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 116.6%42.2%40.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 111.3%39.7%46.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.041.190.67 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.561.110.34 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.8%-51.3%-41.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -68.5%-19.9%-37.3% -1.2%
52-week high $2.57$228.37$225.37 $779.14
52-week low $0.48$124.75$121.51 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleELOGXPOLSTR
P/E now vs peer median -8.0xmedian 16.5x 42.6xmedian 16.5x 29.9xmedian 16.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.9x 2.4xmedian 0.9x 0.9xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 8.8x 17.2xmedian 8.8x 17.5xmedian 8.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.1xmedian 11.9x 32.6xmedian 11.9x 30.2xmedian 11.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.2x 10.8xmedian 1.2x 5.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.84 0.31median 0.84 -1.74median 0.84

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsELOGXPOLSTR
Revenue – $8.84B $5.29B
Operating income – $876.00M $214.56M
Net income – $503.00M $160.38M
Free cash flow – $657.00M $157.62M
EPS (diluted) – $4.26 $4.73
Cash & equivalents $3.05M $260.00M $297.32M
Total debt – $3.12B $68.71M
Shares (diluted) 11.40M 118.00M 33.87M
Enterprise value $8.21M $20.99B $3.28B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricELOGXPOLSTR
P/E -8.0x 42.6x 29.9x
P/FCF -6.1x 32.6x 30.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 18.9x 27.8x
P/S 0.2x 2.4x 0.9x
P/B 0.7x 10.8x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 12.5x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA – 17.2x 17.5x
EV/EBIT – 27.7x 20.9x
EV/Revenue – 2.7x 0.8x
EV/FCF – 36.9x 28.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 21.4x 26.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.31 -1.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELOGXPOLSTR
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.5% 10.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% -2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 32.3% 19.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 39.5% -18.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 51.5% 16.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 138.7% -18.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 54.1% 19.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 139.3% -17.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.3% -19.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 21.0% -29.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 183.2% -20.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 217.0% -30.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELOGXPOLSTR
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 15.9% 4.8%
Operating margin – 9.9% 4.1%
Pretax margin – 7.6% 4.0%
Net margin – 5.7% 3.0%
FCF margin – 7.4% 3.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.8% 3.2%
Return on equity – 25.5% 19.2%
Return on assets – 6.0% 9.0%
Return on invested capital – 12.7% 17.9%
Return on capital employed – 13.4% 21.3%
Asset turnover – 1.1x 3.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELOGXPOLSTR
Debt / assets 0.0% 37.6% 3.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.6x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.0x -1.1x
Debt / FCF – 4.8x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 100.0% 76.3% 54.1%
Equity / assets 0.0% 23.7% 45.9%
Interest coverage – 4.2x 111.1x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.0x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.8x 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 3.66 8.93

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELOGXPOLSTR
Dividend yield – – 2.6%
Net buyback yield – 1.5% 2.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.5% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusELOGXPOLSTR
Forward P/E – 31.0xFY2026 23.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.91FY2026 $6.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +58.4%FY2026 +85.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +6.3% +27.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $9.30BFY2026 $5.45BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +13.9%FY2026 +15.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.4% +17.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELOGXPOLSTR
Held by institutions – 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 751 544
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.2% -2.8%
Institutions buying – 433 297
Institutions selling – 211 153
Buyers to sellers – 2.05 1.94

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ELOGXPOLSTR
ELOG 1.00 -0.04 -0.01
XPO -0.04 1.00 0.57
LSTR -0.01 0.57 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELOG, XPO and LSTR?

Xpo (XPO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Eastern International (ELOG) $8.21M, Xpo (XPO) $22.09B, Landstar System (LSTR) $4.84B.

Which stock is cheaper, ELOG, XPO and LSTR?

Landstar System (LSTR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Eastern International (ELOG) -8.0x, Xpo (XPO) 43.9x, Landstar System (LSTR) 30.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Landstar System (LSTR) is cheapest (Xpo (XPO) 31.0x, Landstar System (LSTR) 23.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Landstar System (LSTR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Xpo (XPO) +9.5%, Landstar System (LSTR) +10.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Xpo (XPO) has the highest net margin (Xpo (XPO) 5.7%, Landstar System (LSTR) 3.0%). On return on invested capital, Landstar System (LSTR) leads (Xpo (XPO) 12.7%, Landstar System (LSTR) 17.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Xpo (XPO) returned the most: Eastern International (ELOG) -65.2%, Xpo (XPO) +46.7%, Landstar System (LSTR) +13.6%. Over five years, Xpo (XPO) compounded fastest (Xpo (XPO) +29.1%/yr, Landstar System (LSTR) -4.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Landstar System (LSTR) has been the steadiest (Eastern International (ELOG) 116.6%, Xpo (XPO) 42.2%, Landstar System (LSTR) 40.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ELOG, XPO and LSTR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Landstar System (LSTR) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.