Quick Update for FedEx (FDX) Investors

By Scott Lee • Wednesday, December 20 16:55 • Permanent Link

FedEx sank -12.1% today, compared to the S&P 500's day change of -1.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

FedEx has moved 64.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.9%
FDX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -18.13% away from its mean target price of $300.79 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $16.38
FedEx has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $22.31 and its forward P/E ratio is 11.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.33 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
FedEx is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
FDX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -13.3% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.86 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates through FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services segments. The FedEx Express segment offers express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation services; and time-critical transportation services. The FedEx Ground segment provides small-package ground delivery services. The FedEx Freight segment offers less-than-truckload freight transportation services. The FedEx Services segment provides sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer service, technical support, billing and collection, and back-office support services. In addition, the company offers supply chain management solutions; and air and ocean cargo transportation, specialty transportation, customs brokerage, and trade management tools and data. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

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