RXO remains a hold as Q1 earnings were weak, but contract rates and spot mix are improving. Contract repricing and higher spot freight volumes are beginning to support sequential margin recovery, with Q2 EBITDA guidance sharply higher at $27–37 million. Valuation already prices in significant recovery; normalized EPS expectations require sustained volume and earnings growth beyond current levels.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $RXO #nyse--RXO (NYSE: RXO) a leading provider of asset-light transportation solutions, today released the latest update to its proprietary Curve truckload market forecast, which shows rapidly rising truckload spot rates, excluding the impacts of fuel. In first quarter, spot rates, as measured by the Curve, rose 16.5% year-over-year, the highest reading since the third quarter of 2021. This was also an acceleration from the fourth quarter of 2025, in which rates rose by 5.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $RXO #nyse--RXO (NYSE: RXO), a leading provider of asset-light transportation solutions, now expects May truckload gross profit per load to outperform typical seasonality and be at least flat to the company's April result. On the company's first-quarter earnings conference call on May 7, RXO outlined that it expected truckload gross profit per load to decline in May. “Last week, market conditions tightened even further, exacerbated by CVSA International Roadcheck. RXO stay.
RXO, Inc. (RXO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Although the revenue and EPS for RXO (RXO) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
RXO (RXO) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.09 per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to a loss of $0.03 per share a year ago.
