What does the company do?
FedEx Corporation (FedEx) is a holding company. The Company provides a portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services through companies that compete collectively, operate independently and manage collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. These companies are included in four business segments: FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight and FedEx Services. Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Express) is the express transportation company, offering time-certain delivery within one to three business days. FedEx Ground provides day-certain service to every business address in the United States and Canada, as well as residential delivery through FedEx Home Delivery. Effective June 1, 2009, Caribbean Transportation Services, Inc. (CTS), a provider of airfreight forwarding services between the United States and Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and the Caribbean Islands, was merged with and into FedEx Express.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Fedex Corp one-year sales: 33.54 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Air Delivery & Freight Services group: -4.47% - Fedex Corp one-year income: -105.00 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 33.54 Bil | 35.11 Bil | | Income | -105.00 Mil | 951.70 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Fedex Corp one-year sales growth: -19.70%.
Difference from the average for the Air Delivery & Freight Services group: -1.70 pct. pts. - Fedex Corp one-year income growth: -52.90%.
Difference from the average for the Air Delivery & Freight Services group: -10.10 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -19.70% | -18.00% | | Income Growth | -52.90% | -42.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Fedex Corp one-year net profit margin: -0.3%
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -0.3% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 3.8% | | Industry | 2.8% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Fedex Corp debt/equity ratio: 0.15.
Difference from the average for the Air Delivery & Freight Services group: -82.95%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.15 | 0.88 |
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