Better Buy: XPO Logistics vs. FedEx

Transportation and shipping stocks can sometimes be viewed as boring compared to volatile high fliers in tech and healthcare. But of late, holders of XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) and FedEx (NYSE: FDX) have experienced no shortage of drama, with both stocks underperforming the market over the past 18 months.

Some of that weakness was due to company-specific issues, and some due to difficult macroeconomic issues and the emergence of new competition to deliver e-commerce packages. Both companies now face the challenge of restoring their once-pristine reputations on Wall Street, and proving the recent past was an anomaly and not the new normal.

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Source Fool.com