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FedEx (FDX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 7.32% (As of Feb. 2024)
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FedEx's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $93,137 Mil. FedEx's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $6,819 Mil. FedEx's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 7.32%.

The historical rank and industry rank for FedEx's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

FDX' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 6.28   Max: 15.23
Current: 7.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of FedEx was 15.23%. The lowest was 0.15%. And the median was 6.28%.

FDX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
50.25% of 1003 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.98 vs FDX: 7.06

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. FedEx's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 23.35%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


FedEx Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for FedEx's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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FedEx Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.24 3.58 6.57 6.30 7.02

FedEx Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.55 7.02 6.63 6.89 7.32

Competitive Comparison

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, FedEx's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


FedEx Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, FedEx's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FedEx's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



FedEx Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

FedExs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=6057/86229.74226
=7.02 %

FedEx's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6,819 Mil.



FedEx  (NYSE:FDX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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FedEx (FDX) Business Description

Industry
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Address
942 South Shady Grove Road, Memphis, TN, USA, 38120
FedEx pioneered overnight delivery in 1973 and remains the world's largest express package provider. In its fiscal 2023, which ended May 2023, FedEx derived 47% of revenue from its express division, 37% from ground, and 11% from freight, its asset-based less-than-truckload shipping segment. The remainder comes from other services, including FedEx Office, which provides document production/shipping, and FedEx Logistics, which provides global forwarding. FedEx acquired Dutch parcel delivery firm TNT Express in 2016. TNT was previously the fourth-largest global parcel delivery provider.
Executives
John W Dietrich officer: EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFF
Amy B Lane director 1626 EAST JEFFERSON ST, ROCKVILLE MD 20852
Erwin Guy M Ii officer: STAFF VP INT PRIN ACCT OFFICER 942 S SHADY GROVE ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Jennifer L Johnson officer: CVP PRIN ACCT OFFICER 942 S. SHADY GROVE ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Michael C. Lenz officer: EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFF 942 S. SHADY GROVE ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Robert B Carter officer: EVP CHIEF INFO OFFICER 942 S SHADY GROVE RD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Tracy B Brightman officer: EVP - Chief People Officer 942 S SHADY GROVE ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Stephen E Gorman director 370 KNOLLWOOD STREET, SUITE 500, WINSTON SALEM NC 27103
Susan C Schwab director 2101 VAN MUNCHING HALL, COLLEGE PARK MD 20742
Richard W Smith officer: President/CEO FedEx Express 3610 HACKS CROSS ROAD, BUILDING A 3RD FLOOR, MEMPHIS TN 38125
Frederick W Smith director, officer: CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 942 S SHADY GROVE RD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Brie Carere officer: EVP/Chief Mkt & Comm Officer 942 S. SHADY GROVE ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38120
David P Steiner director 1001 FANNIN ST, STE 4000, HOUSTON TX 77002
R Brad Martin director
Paul S Walsh director 8 HENRIETTA PLACE, LONDON X0 94111

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