FedEx Corporation Stock Buy Recommendation Reiterated (FDX)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of B . 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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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 6.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.3%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• FDX's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.11 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.40, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
• Net operating cash flow has increased to $1,818.00 million or 14.77% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of -6.43%.
• FEDEX CORP' earnings per share from the most recent quarter came in slightly below the year earlier quarter. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, FEDEX CORP increased its bottom line by earning $6.41 versus $4.57 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($7.31 versus $6.41).

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. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.7, equal to the average transportation industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. FedEx has a market cap of $27.64 billion and is part of the services sector and transportation industry. Shares are up 4.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

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--Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff.

 

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