Company Analysis

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (EXPD)

NYSE: EXPD · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo · Bellevue, WA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade6.6
◀ Past 5.9● Present 7.0▶ Future 6.5

The grade of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past5.925% of the headline
● Present7.045% of the headline
▶ Future6.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-11-09.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-11-09); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2022-03-02) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $11 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 46% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.8%top 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 26% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak45.5%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.1% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 6.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 34%: 34¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. earned about 34 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 38% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 17 in its family; net margin 7.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 10% by size; a net margin of 7.3% ranks in the top 3%; revenue growth of -13.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$11.07Btop 10% of its family
  • net margin7.3%top 3% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-13.4%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wall, Daniel R (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-05-06, 1.5 years (bottom 21% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (top 21%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 16 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.5 yearsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
9.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 9% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 91st percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.3 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 26.9% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.6% of revenue (top 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets26.9%top 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.6%top 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 42% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -13.4% a year over the last three filed years against 6.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 3% of its family); the newest year grew 4.4% (top 32%); capital spending grew -15.1% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Customs Brokerage and Other Services at $4.3 billion (39%), Airfreight Services at $4.0 billion (36%), Ocean Freight and Ocean Services at $2.8 billion (25%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-20.3 points a yearbottom 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.4%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-15.1%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 39% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 32.5% above the $8.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 23% of its family); net income of $810 million against a prior three-year average of $973 million (bottom 43%); a net margin of 7.3% against 7.9% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace32.5%top 23% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-17%bottom 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.6 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton EXPD · research, not advice