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FedEx (FDX) Competitors

$221.74
+4.45 (+2.05%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$218.32
$222.66
50-Day Range
$217.29
$232.16
52-Week Range
$141.92
$248.76
Volume
1.54 million shs
Average Volume
1.51 million shs
Market Capitalization
$55.73 billion
P/E Ratio
19.15
Dividend Yield
2.07%
Price Target
$243.81

FDX vs. CSX, NSC, CP, CNI, ODFL, RYAAY, DAL, JBHT, LUV, and EXPD

Should you be buying FedEx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FedEx include CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

FedEx vs.

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FedEx pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CSX pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FedEx pays out 39.7% 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. CSX has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and FedEx has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

CSX has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CSX$14.85 billion4.37$4.17 billion$2.0315.72
FedEx$93.51 billion0.60$3.83 billion$11.5819.15

In the previous week, FedEx had 6 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for FedEx and 14 mentions for CSX. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat CSX's score of 0.33 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CSX
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FedEx
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

FedEx received 1037 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.98% of users gave FedEx an outperform vote while only 63.57% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CSXOutperform Votes
506
63.57%
Underperform Votes
290
36.43%
FedExOutperform Votes
1543
70.98%
Underperform Votes
631
29.02%

CSX has a net margin of 28.35% compared to FedEx's net margin of 3.23%. CSX's return on equity of 33.01% beat FedEx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CSX 28.35% 33.01% 10.14%
FedEx 3.23% 17.71% 5.10%

72.9% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of FedEx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CSX presently has a consensus price target of $34.92, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. FedEx has a consensus price target of $243.81, indicating a potential upside of 9.96%. Given FedEx's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FedEx is more favorable than CSX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CSX
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
FedEx
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Summary

FedEx beats CSX on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FDX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricFedExAir courier services IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$55.73B$19.03B$8.00B$14.84B
Dividend Yield2.07%2.07%8.10%3.97%
P/E Ratio19.1534.2123.5218.21
Price / Sales0.600.5512.239.09
Price / Cash6.074.8513.7123.58
Price / Book2.302.091.899.18
Net Income$3.83B$1.35B$737.18M$897.06M
7 Day Performance-1.08%0.24%1.66%2.54%
1 Month Performance-2.05%-0.52%3.25%3.93%
1 Year Performance1.39%5.84%-2.79%-7.86%

FedEx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSX
CSX
2.2579 of 5 stars
$30.97
+0.5%
$34.76
+12.2%
-0.6%$62.96B$14.85B15.2622,500Ex-Dividend
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NSC
Norfolk Southern
2.7372 of 5 stars
$211.19
+0.3%
$242.48
+14.8%
-11.8%$48.08B$12.75B16.2319,300Insider Selling
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
2.0569 of 5 stars
$77.15
+0.1%
$89.40
+15.9%
+4.7%$71.83B$6.78B25.5512,754
CNI
Canadian National Railway
2.4219 of 5 stars
$114.36
+0.3%
$143.22
+25.2%
+0.4%$75.86B$13.16B18.9723,971Analyst Downgrade
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
1.75 of 5 stars
$317.58
+0.6%
$333.89
+5.1%
+19.2%$34.82B$6.26B26.1223,471Analyst Revision
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RYAAY
Ryanair
2.4546 of 5 stars
$105.29
-1.1%
$43.25
-58.9%
+25.1%$23.98B$11.23B18.0319,116Analyst Report
DAL
Delta Air Lines
2.8407 of 5 stars
$36.28
+1.1%
$49.38
+36.1%
-4.0%$23.32B$50.58B12.3095,000Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
2.2236 of 5 stars
$171.25
+0.6%
$189.67
+10.8%
-3.8%$17.75B$14.81B19.4637,151
LUV
Southwest Airlines
2.8275 of 5 stars
$29.80
+0.5%
$44.71
+50.1%
-31.4%$17.73B$23.81B29.8066,656
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
1.8693 of 5 stars
$115.10
-0.4%
$101.00
-12.3%
+3.7%$17.59B$17.07B15.0720,000Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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