FedEx Corporation (FDX): Today's Featured Transportation Laggard

FedEx Corporation (FDX) pushed the Transportation industry lower today making it today's featured Transportation laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, FedEx Corporation fell 51 cents (-0.6%) to $89.31 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of FedEx Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of two million shares. The stock ranged in price between $88.70-$89.53 after having opened the day at $89.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $89.82. Other companies within the Transportation industry that declined today were: Patriot Transportation Holdings (PATR), down 10.1%, Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), down 8.4%, Seanergy Maritime Holdings (SHIP), down 6.5%, and Danaos Corporation (DAC), down 5.3%.

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FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services. FedEx Corporation has a market cap of $28.53 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.1, equal to the average transportation industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 18 analysts that rate FedEx Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates FedEx Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the positive front, Newlead Holdings (NEWL), up 31.6%, Skywest Incorporated (SKYW), up 22.1%, Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), up 9.6%, and Sino-Global Shipping America (SINO), up 7.6%, were all gainers within the transportation industry with Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) being today's featured transportation industry leader.

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