FedEx (FDX) Competitors

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.

Is CSX or FDX a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CSX or FDX?

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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CSX or FDX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSX	$14.85 billion	4.37	$4.17 billion	$2.03	15.72
FedEx	$93.51 billion	0.60	$3.83 billion	$11.58	19.15

Does the media refer more to CSX or FDX?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSX or FDX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CSX	Outperform Votes 506 63.57%	Underperform Votes 290 36.43%
FedEx	Outperform Votes 1543 70.98%	Underperform Votes 631 29.02%

Is CSX or FDX more profitable?

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%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CSX or FDX?

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.

Do analysts recommend CSX or FDX?

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.