Analyzing CryoPort (NASDAQ:CYRX) and RXO (NYSE:RXO)

RXO (NYSE:RXO) and CryoPort (NASDAQ:CYRX) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares RXO and CryoPort’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RXO	-1.74%	-0.44%	-0.22%
CryoPort	35.57%	-11.07%	-6.30%

Risk & Volatility

RXO has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CryoPort has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.7% of RXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of CryoPort shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of RXO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of CryoPort shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares RXO and CryoPort”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RXO	$5.74 billion	0.45	-$100.00 million	($0.58)	-27.13
CryoPort	$228.38 million	1.85	-$114.76 million	$1.17	7.21

RXO has higher revenue and earnings than CryoPort. RXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CryoPort, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for RXO and CryoPort, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RXO	4	11	4	0	2.00
CryoPort	1	1	8	0	2.70

RXO currently has a consensus target price of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. CryoPort has a consensus target price of $12.83, indicating a potential upside of 52.05%. Given CryoPort’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CryoPort is more favorable than RXO.

Summary

CryoPort beats RXO on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About RXO

RXO, Inc. provides full truckload freight transportation brokering services. It also offers brokered services for managed transportation, last mile, and freight forwarding. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About CryoPort

Cryoport, Inc. provides temperature-controlled supply chain solutions in biopharma/pharma, animal health, and human reproductive medicine markets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Cryoport Express Shippers; Cryoport ELITE -80°C Gene Therapy Shipper; Cryoport ELITE Cryosphere Shipper; Cryoport consulting services, including physical, thermal, and shipping qualifications of shipping systems and/or packaging to developing custom packaging solutions; and Cryoport bioservices, such as controlled temperature storage, fulfilment, kit production, secondary packaging, labelling of therapeutic products, and GMP raw materials storage services. It also provides CRYOGENE, an unparalleled solution that offers pre-clinical temperature-controlled biological materials management services comprising specimen storage, processing, collection, and retrieval; CRYOPD, a temperature-controlled logistics solution, which include temperature-controlled packaging and transport solutions from cryogenic temperature to controlled ambient; and IntegriCell services that comprise apheresis/leukapheresis collection, Cryoshuttle transportation, cryo-process optimization and processing services. In addition, the company offers MVE Biological Solutions' Fusion cryogenic system, a self-sustaining cryogenic freezer; MVE Biological Solutions' Vario cryogenic system, a cryogenic freezer system that supports temperatures between -20°C and -150°C; Cryoport Cryoshuttle provides clients with dedicated local transportation support; and Tec4Med. Further, it provides biological specimen cryopreservation storage and maintenance; archiving, monitoring, tracking, receipt, and delivery of samples; frozen biological specimens transportation; and incoming and outgoing biological specimens management; and short-term logistics and engineering consulting services. Cryoport, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.