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How to buy Expeditors International of Washington stock in Canada

Learn how to buy Expeditors International of Washington stock in 6 easy steps.

Expeditors International of Washington is an integrated freight & logistics business based in the US. Expeditors International of Washington shares (EXPD.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $113.15 – an increase of 0.25% over the previous day. Expeditors International of Washington employs 18,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $9.3 billion.

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Is it a good time to buy Expeditors International of Washington stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

Use our graph to track the performance of EXPD stocks over time.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Expeditors International of Washington's shares have ranged in value from as little as $106.4122 up to $131.17. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

EXPD.US volatility(beta: 0.98)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Expeditors International of Washington's is 0.984. This would suggest that Expeditors International of Washington's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Historical closes compared with the last close of $113.15

1 week (2024-04-18)-1.27%
1 month (2024-03-25)-5.66%
3 months (2024-01-25)-12.91%
6 months (2023-10-25)4.29%
1 year (2023-04-23)0.50%
2 years (2022-04-24)12.36%
3 years (2021-04-25)3.22%
5 years (2019-04-25)42.72%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Is Expeditors International of Washington under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Expeditors International of Washington P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

Expeditors International of Washington's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Expeditors International of Washington stocks trade at around 23x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Expeditors International of Washington's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.57. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Expeditors International of Washington's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Expeditors International of Washington's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1 billion ($1.4 billion CAD).

The EBITDA is a measure of a Expeditors International of Washington's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

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