FedEx (NYSE:FDX) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 19.000-20.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 19.370. The company issued revenue guidance of $87.7 billion-$87.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $88.5 billion. FedEx also updated its FY25 guidance to $19.00-20.00 EPS.

FedEx Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of FDX stock traded up $2.72 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $275.88. The stock had a trading volume of 3,585,336 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,791,933. FedEx has a 12-month low of $234.45 and a 12-month high of $313.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.24. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $282.25 and its two-hundred day moving average is $281.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $67.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.18.

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, December 19th. The shipping service provider reported $4.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.88 by $0.17. FedEx had a net margin of 4.62% and a return on equity of 15.61%. The company had revenue of $22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.14 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.99 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that FedEx will post 19.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

FedEx Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 9th will be given a dividend of $1.38 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. This represents a $5.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.00%. FedEx’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.05%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Bernstein Bank raised their price objective on FedEx from $305.00 to $337.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. HSBC lowered shares of FedEx from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $300.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Friday, September 20th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on FedEx from $333.00 to $311.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Citigroup increased their price target on FedEx from $301.00 to $331.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, Daiwa America lowered FedEx from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and seventeen have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $316.68.

About FedEx

FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates through FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services segments. The FedEx Express segment offers express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation services; and time-critical transportation services.