FedEx vs United Airlines
FDX and UAL 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 UAL compare
FedEx is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as United Airlines ($72.8B against $33.8B).
On earnings, United Airlines is cheaper: it trades at 9.8× trailing earnings, against 16.6× for FedEx.
United Airlines grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.5% versus 7.7% for FedEx).
United Airlines keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with 4.7% at FedEx.
FedEx pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; United Airlines does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FDX | UAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $72.8B | $33.8B |
| Share price | $307.82 | $104.24 |
| Change, 1 year | 23.4% | 8.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 26.8% | 97.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.97 | 1.43 |
| Employees | 452K | 113K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.6× | 9.8× (better) |
| P/S | 0.8× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 2.3× | 2.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.7× | 5.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 14.2× | 13.3× (better) |
| PEG | 2.67 | 0.15 (better) |
| FCF yield | 7.0% | 7.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $277.79 | $135.89 |
| Margin of safety | −10.8% | 23.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.7% | 8.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.4% | 30.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.3% (better) | 5.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.4% (better) | 7.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.94% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 7.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 5.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.4% (better) | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 23.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.6% | 14.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.81 (better) | 1.58 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.26 | 1.25 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.48 (better) | 0.78 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.53 (better) | 1.34 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| 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% (better) | 0.22% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.8% (better) | 0.22% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 80.7% | 89.7% |
| Held by insiders | 8.5% | 5.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$20.2M (better) | −$53.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | 5.4% |
Go deeper
- FDX stock overview
- FDX income statement
- FDX valuation and score
- UAL stock overview
- UAL income statement
- UAL valuation and score
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