Why FedEx Is Poised to Keep Poppin'
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, express delivery gorilla has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at FedEx, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
FedEx facts
Headquarters (founded) | Memphis, Tenn. (1971) |
Market Cap | $31.7 billion |
Industry | Air freight and logistics |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $44.3 billion |
Management | Founder/Chairman/CEO Frederick Smith CFO Alan Graf |
11.1% | |
Cash/Debt | $4.9 billion / $3.0 billion |
Dividend Yield | 0.6% |
Competitors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 91% of the 2,339 members who have rated FedEx believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, TMFGemHunter, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
FedEx is aggressively restructuring its trademark Express business in order to better match capacity to demand for priority shipments. At the same time, it is growing its FedEx Ground business rapidly, gaining share vis-a-vis competitors. The company is driving its cost structure down and will reap a big payoff when global GDP growth starts to increase. EPS could approximately double in the next 4 years.
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