FedEx

FEDEX CORP. $81 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 317.2 million; Market cap: $25.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 0.6%; TSI Network Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) earned $464.0 million, or $1.46 a share, in its fiscal 2012 first fiscal quarter, which ended August 31, 2011. That’s up 22.1% from $380.0 million, or $1.20 a share, …read more »

FedEx Corp., New York symbol FDX, delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 countries and territories.

FedEx is one of the stocks we analyze in Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our newsletter that offers stock market recommendations for the U.S. markets.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011, FedEx’s revenue rose 13.2%, to $39.3 billion from $34.7 billion in …read more »

FEDEX CORP. $89 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 315.7 million; Market cap: $28.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSI Network Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) earned $231 million, or $0.73 a share, in the three months ended February 28, 2011. That’s down 3.3% from $239 million, or $0.76 a share, a year earlier. The …read more »

FedEx Corp., symbol FDX on New York, delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 other countries and territories. Its fleet of 80,000 trucks and 684 aircraft delivers over eight million packages a day.

In its fiscal 2011 third quarter, which ended February 28, 2011, FedEx earned $231 million or $0.73 a share. That’s down 3.3% from $239 million, …read more »

Businesses and consumers are shipping more packages as the economy improves. That’s helping FedEx and Arkansas Best. However, we prefer FedEx because of its larger international focus. It also uses fewer unionized workers.

FEDEX CORP. $94 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 315.0 million; Market cap: $29.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8: Dividend yield: 0.5%; TSINetwork Rating: …read more »

FedEx Corp. (New York symbol FDX) delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 other countries.

The Memphis-based courier company reported earnings that fell short of consensus estimates on Thursday. However, it noted that shipments for the holiday season are much stronger than 2009 and 2008. (FedEx is one of the stocks we analyze in our Wall Street Stock …read more »

NORDSTROM INC. $34 has raised its quarterly dividend by 25.0%, to $0.20 a share from $0.16. The new annual rate of $0.80 yields 2.4%. Buy.

ARKANSAS BEST CORP. $23 lost $0.30 a share in the three months ended June 30, 2010. That’s a big improvement over the $0.62 a share it lost in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue rose 13.4%, to …read more »

FEDEX CORP. $77 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 313.2 million; Market cap: $24.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7: Dividend yield: 0.6%; WSSF Rating: Average) delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 other countries. Its fleet of 80,000 trucks and 664 aircraft delivers over 8 million packages a day.

FedEx’s revenue rose 17.5%, from …read more »

FEDEX CORP. $74 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 312.5 million; Market cap: $23.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; WSSF Rating: Average) delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 other countries.

FedEx earned $0.58 a share in its first quarter, which ended August 31, 2009. That’s down 52.8% from $1.23 a year earlier. Revenue …read more »

The recession has hurt the earnings of these two high-quality shipping companies. However, both are doing a good job of controlling their costs. This should improve their profitability, particularly as the economy rebounds. The recent drop in fuel costs also brightens their prospects. However, we prefer FedEx to Arkansas Best right now, as its larger international operations lower its reliance …read more »