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FDX vs. AMZN, LSTR, TSLA, DG, KBH, LEN, NKE, UPS, RKLB, and EXPD

Should you be buying FedEx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FedEx include Amazon.com (AMZN), Landstar System (LSTR), Tesla (TSLA), Dollar General (DG), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), NIKE (NKE), United Parcel Service (UPS), Rocket Lab (RKLB), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD).

FedEx vs. Its Competitors

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to FedEx's net margin of 4.65%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat FedEx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FedEx4.65% 16.34% 5.14%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 211 more articles in the media than FedEx. MarketBeat recorded 244 mentions for Amazon.com and 33 mentions for FedEx. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.06 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FedEx
25 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
182 Very Positive mention(s)
20 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than FedEx. FedEx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FedEx$87.93B0.60$4.09B$16.8813.33
Amazon.com$670.04B3.75$59.25B$6.5635.93

FedEx presently has a consensus price target of $282.96, suggesting a potential upside of 25.75%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 11.54%. Given FedEx's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FedEx
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

FedEx has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. FedEx pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amazon.com pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FedEx has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. FedEx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

84.5% of FedEx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of FedEx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amazon.com beats FedEx on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FDX vs. The Competition

MetricFedExTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$53.09B$26.19B$7.16B$21.30B
Dividend Yield2.51%5.01%949.21%3.49%
P/E Ratio13.3335.3413.6829.44
Price / Sales0.600.49611.8564.30
Price / Cash6.357.367.9218.29
Price / Book1.922.472.195.30
Net Income$4.09B$2.00B$571.12M$998.51M
7 Day Performance-2.69%-0.86%-0.71%0.12%
1 Month Performance3.46%4.79%4.70%5.76%
1 Year Performance-23.12%-11.42%11.82%14.89%

FedEx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FDX
FedEx
4.9014 of 5 stars
$225.02
-0.1%
$282.96
+25.7%
-23.3%$53.09B$87.93B13.33440,000Trending News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8462 of 5 stars
$228.38
-0.1%
$262.87
+15.1%
+28.2%$2.44T$637.96B34.941,556,000Trending News
LSTR
Landstar System
4.2231 of 5 stars
$132.66
+0.1%
$145.17
+9.4%
-28.0%$4.61B$4.79B27.891,441Positive News
TSLA
Tesla
4.4345 of 5 stars
$349.42
-0.6%
$303.31
-13.2%
+58.6%$1.13T$97.69B202.88125,665Trending News
DG
Dollar General
4.327 of 5 stars
$110.39
-0.1%
$108.80
-1.4%
+30.9%$24.31B$40.61B21.08194,200Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
KBH
KB Home
4.2132 of 5 stars
$62.98
-0.3%
$66.14
+5.0%
-21.4%$4.28B$6.67B8.332,384News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LEN
Lennar
4.3633 of 5 stars
$132.67
-0.5%
$128.85
-2.9%
-24.9%$34.35B$35.44B10.9713,265Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NKE
NIKE
4.6041 of 5 stars
$77.74
-1.2%
$78.22
+0.6%
-8.2%$114.89B$46.31B36.0277,800Positive News
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.9819 of 5 stars
$87.50
+0.0%
$112.81
+28.9%
-33.1%$74.08B$91.07B13.01490,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RKLB
Rocket Lab
2.2437 of 5 stars
$46.32
-3.8%
$42.27
-8.7%
+618.3%$22.69B$504.26M-105.182,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
4.3438 of 5 stars
$121.68
+0.1%
$114.22
-6.1%
-2.4%$16.53B$11.27B21.3019,900Positive News

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