RXO
RXO, Inc.
RXO's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over RXO overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
RXO Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak |
RXO's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are under pressure.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
RXO PE Valuation
RXO has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 54x next year's earnings.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
RXO Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Strong growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect RXO to return to profit, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for VRT, with profitability improving.
RXO Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.52 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.52 | -$0.04 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.62 | +$1.59 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.62 | +$1.60 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.59 | +$1.58 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.48 | +$1.51 |
| Q2 2025 | -$2.21 | -$2.02 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.22 | -$2.12 |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.17 | -7333% |
RXO is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.52 per share over the past year, against $2.22 at its worst in early 2025.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over RXO on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RXO Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.9B | +32% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.8B | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.4B | -0.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.5B | -12% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.4B | +37% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.4B | +53% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.4B | +57% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.7B | +70% |
RXO's revenue is growing: $1.9B last quarter, up 32% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.9% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | -2% | +0.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | -2.9% | -1.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | -0.5% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 0% | 0 points |
| Q1 2025 | -2.1% | -0.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | -1.4% | -2.9 points |
RXO's operating margin was 0.9% last quarter, up 1.4 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since late 2020: $4.3B last quarter, up 61% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over RXO on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RXO Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $12M | +33% |
| Q2 2026 | -$52M | -678% |
| Q1 2026 | -$24M | -$7M |
| Q4 2025 | -$9M | +$10M |
| Q3 2025 | $9M | +$27M |
| Q2 2025 | $9M | +$25M |
| Q1 2025 | -$17M | -$13M |
| Q4 2024 | -$19M | -2000% |
RXO's free cash flow was −$73M over the past year, against −$18M the year before.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over RXO on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RXO Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.4% | +2.4M shares |
| 1 year | +2% | +3.4M shares |
| 3 years | +47% | +55M shares |
| 5 years | +49% | +56.9M shares |
RXO has 172M diluted shares, up 2% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over RXO on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
RXO Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 8.4x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 16.0x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 12.9x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 10.5x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 6.3x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 9.2x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 13.4x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 10.7x | High |
RXO's net debt is about 8.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 6.3 years a year ago.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has the edge over RXO on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
RXO Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 60.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 85.5 | Overbought |
RXO's weekly RSI is 61 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 85 (overbought).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
RXO PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | RXO | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
RXO has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
RXO Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $26.6 | 6.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $24.6 | 15% above |
| 50 week MA | $20.4 | 38% above |
| 100 week MA | $18.9 | 49% above |
| 200 week MA | $20.6 | 37% above |
RXO has the edge over VRT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 70% above its 200-week average.
RXO Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $21.5 | $16.3 | -24% |
| 2023 | $16.3 | $23.3 | +43% |
| 2024 | $23.3 | $24.4 | +4.7% |
| 2025 | $24.4 | $12.7 | -48% |
| 2026 YTD | $12.7 | $28.3 | +123% |
RXO has the edge over VRT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT's yearly returns have swung widely, from +275% in 2023 to −48% in 2022. It's up 25% so far in 2026.