Why Shares of U.S. Xpress Are Falling Today

Why Shares of U.S. Xpress Are Falling Today

Shares of U.S. Xpress Enterprises (NYSE: USX) had fallen 21% as of 12:11 p.m. EDT on Friday after the trucking company delivered quarterly results that came in below expectations. The size of the drop seems disproportionate to the quality of the quarter, but U.S. Xpress shares were flying high coming into earnings season, and the markets weren't prepared for a miss. After markets closed Thursday, the trucking company reported third-quarter earnings of $0.20 per share on revenue of $431.5 million, short of Wall Street's consensus of $0.21 per share in earnings on sales of $445 million.