ZACKS·2025-12-15 15:41Group 1 - Expeditors International (EXPD) has shown strong year-to-date performance, returning 37%, significantly outperforming the average gain of 2.6% in the Transportation sector [4] - The Zacks Consensus Estimate for EXPD's full-year earnings has increased by 7.8% over the past quarter, indicating improved analyst sentiment and earnings outlook [4] - Expeditors International holds a Zacks Rank of 1 (Strong Buy), suggesting it has favorable characteristics to outperform the market in the near term [3] Group 2 - The Transportation group, which includes Expeditors International, is currently ranked 6 within the Zacks Sector Rank, which evaluates 16 different sector groups [2] - Expeditors International is part of the Transportation - Services industry, which consists of 22 stocks and has gained approximately 4.8% year-to-date, indicating that EXPD is performing better than its industry peers [6] - LATAM (LTM), another Transportation stock, has also outperformed the sector with a return of 95.5% year-to-date and has a Zacks Rank of 2 (Buy) [5]