FedEx vs FedEx Freight
FDX and FDXF side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FDX and FDXF compare
FedEx is the larger company, worth 3.9 times as much as FedEx Freight ($72.8B against $18.8B).
On earnings, FedEx is cheaper: it trades at 16.6× trailing earnings, against 28.8× for FedEx Freight.
FedEx Freight keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.4% compared with 4.7% at FedEx.
FedEx pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; FedEx Freight does not pay one.
FedEx scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 6 for FedEx Freight), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FDX | FDXF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $72.8B | $18.8B |
| Share price | $307.82 | $126.04 |
| Change, 1 year | 23.4% | – |
| Change, 5 years | 26.8% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.97 | – |
| Employees | 452K | 40K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.6× (better) | 28.8× |
| P/S | 0.8× (better) | 2.1× |
| P/B | 2.3× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.7× (better) | 21.7× |
| P/FCF | 14.2× | – |
| PEG | 2.67 | – |
| FCF yield | 7.0% (better) | −1.1% |
| Fair value | $277.79 | $53.08 |
| Margin of safety | −10.8% (better) | −137% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.7% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.4% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.3% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.4% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.94% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 6.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 7.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.4% (better) | −2.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 61.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.6% | 13.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.81 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.26 (better) | 3.83 |
| Interest coverage | – | 9.5× |
| Current ratio | 1.48 | 1.63 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.53 | 3.04 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | – |
| Payout ratio | 31.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 17.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 80.7% | 60.9% |
| Held by insiders | 8.5% | 40.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$20.2M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- FDX stock overview
- FDX income statement
- FDX valuation and score
- FDXF stock overview
- FDXF income statement
- FDXF valuation and score
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