XPO Provides North American LTL Operating Data for May 2024

GREENWICH, Conn., June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NYSE: XPO), a leading provider of freight transportation in North America, today reported certain preliminary LTL segment operating metrics for May 2024. LTL tonnage per day increased 2.4%, as compared with May 2023, attributable to a year-over-year increase of 3.8% in shipments per day and a decrease of 1.4% in weight per shipment. Actual results for May 2024 may vary from the preliminary results reported above.

Mario Harik, chief executive officer of XPO, said, “We’re continuing to take profitable share in a soft freight market, with improved service quality driving consistent above-market yield growth. Through May, our second quarter yield ex-fuel is tracking to a sequential improvement from the first quarter.” 

Harik continued, “Providing world class service to our customers is a cornerstone of our growth strategy. We improved damage frequency again in May, while delivering a 3.8% year-over-year increase in shipments per day — the fourteenth consecutive month of positive performance. We’ll continue to improve service quality and make investments that enhance our near-term profitability, while also accelerating our results when industry demand rebounds.”

About XPO

XPO, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) is a leader in asset-based less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in North America. The company’s customer-focused organization efficiently moves 18 billion pounds of freight per year, enabled by its proprietary technology. XPO serves approximately 52,000 customers with 610 locations and 39,000 employees in North America and Europe, with headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., USA. Visit for more information, and connect with XPO on , , , and .

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These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference include the risks discussed in our filings with the SEC, and the following: the effects of business, economic, political, legal, and regulatory impacts or conflicts upon our operations; supply chain disruptions and shortages, strains on production or extraction of raw materials, cost inflation and labor and equipment shortages; our ability to align our investments in capital assets, including equipment, service centers, and warehouses to our customers’ demands; our ability to implement our cost and revenue initiatives; the effectiveness of our action plan, and other management actions, to improve our North American LTL business; our ability to benefit from a sale, spin-off or other divestiture of one or more business units or to successfully integrate and realize anticipated synergies, cost savings and profit opportunities from acquired companies; goodwill impairment; issues related to compliance with data protection laws, competition laws, and intellectual property laws; fluctuations in currency exchange rates, fuel prices and fuel surcharges; the expected benefits of the spin-offs of GXO Logistics, Inc. and RXO, Inc.; our ability to develop and implement suitable information technology systems; the impact of potential cyber-attacks and information technology or data security breaches or failures; our indebtedness; our ability to raise debt and equity capital; fluctuations in interest rates; seasonal fluctuations; our ability to maintain positive relationships with our network of third-party transportation providers; our ability to attract and retain key employees including qualified drivers; labor matters; litigation; and competition and pricing pressures. We caution that our operating results for May 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for future periods.

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