FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) Accelerates Margin Expansion, Signals Near-Term Momentum

FedEx enters 2026 with improving profitability and focused strategic moves that support a constructive near-term outlook. Recent corporate actions emphasize network optimization, margin recovery, and cash-generation initiatives.

Recent News

On February 12, 2026, FedEx held an Investor Day outlining strategic priorities: growth in high-margin verticals, scaling digital and AI capabilities, Network 2.0 transformation, and ongoing DRIVE efficiency gains; management reiterated a planned tax-free spin-off of FedEx Freight targeted for June 1, 2026. In early February 2026 FedEx announced AI-enabled post-purchase solutions and a partnership to launch predictive retail insights. On February 23–24, 2026, FedEx filed suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking refunds of tariffs invalidated by a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Technical Analysis

ADX at 57.83 indicates a very strong trend; that strength suggests momentum has been substantial and price remains influenced by directional forces, which affects the near-term price bias relative to WMDST’s valuation of under-valued.

DI+ at 38.21 is decreasing, which reads as bearish directional pressure; that weakening of upward direction raises the risk of near-term momentum erosion versus the valuation case for margin expansion.

DI- at 6.37 is decreasing, which reads as reduced downside pressure; declining DI- implies sellers have less directional conviction even as DI+ softens, supporting a scenario of consolidation rather than a sustained reversal.

MACD sits at 18.47 with a signal line at 17.94 and a trend labeled as peak & reversal. The peak-and-reversal character signals bearish momentum, even though MACD currently sits marginally above its signal line, which technically registers a recent bullish crossover; the mixed signal favors watching momentum deterioration as a trigger for near-term mean reversion.

MRO at 27.32 registers positive, indicating price sits above a model target and is likely to face downward pressure; that reading introduces mean-reversion risk that could cap upside despite WMDST’s under-valued assessment.

RSI at 73.59 with a peak-and-reversal reads as overbought and momentum-peaking; elevated RSI increases the odds of a short-term pullback or sideways consolidation that would align price action with fundamental improvements over several weeks.

Price relationships support bullish medium-term bias: close at $382.59 sits well above the 200-day average of $258.58 and above the 50-day average of $325.00, while the 12-day EMA shows an increasing short-term trend. Price trades near the upper Bollinger band (upper 1x at $385.42), leaving limited immediate upside without a momentum re-acceleration. SuperTrend lower at $366.02 and Ichimoku Kijun at $345.45 serve as nearer structural supports. Reported trading volume of 494 contrasts with a 10-day average of 1,270,684, indicating below-average turnover that reduces conviction behind recent intraday moves.

 


Fundamental Analysis

Profitability: EBIT equals $1,621,000,000 with an EBIT margin of 6.91%, up 18.37% quarter-over-quarter and up 10.11% year-over-year. The EBIT margin sits above the industry peer mean of 5.72% and slightly below the industry peer median of 7.16%, reflecting material progress on cost and network efficiencies highlighted at Investor Day.

Earnings and cash flow: Reported EPS actual $4.82 versus estimate $4.11, producing an EPS surprise of 17.28%. Operating income and net income improved, supported by operating cash flow of $1,951,000,000 and free cash flow of $1,194,000,000. Free cash flow yield equals 1.96%, marginally above the industry peer mean of 1.60%, indicating modestly stronger cash conversion on a relative basis.

Revenue and margins: Total revenue $23,469,000,000 and gross margin 21.87%, with gross margin up 4.90% year-over-year and 3.63% quarter-over-quarter. Reported revenue growth (general figure) equals 5.51%; quarter-over-quarter revenue growth reads 49.99% while the provided year-over-year revenue growth figure reports 206.29%, suggesting substantial sequential variation tied to timing and the company’s seasonal pattern.

Leverage and coverage: Total debt $37,766,000,000 with debt-to-equity 1.34x and debt-to-EBITDA roughly 14.04x; interest coverage stands at 16.89x. Debt-to-equity sits below the industry peer mean of 1.61x, while debt-to-EBITDA and absolute net debt of $14.625 billion remain elevated relative to cash flows, underscoring capital structure risk despite healthy interest coverage.

Valuation multiples: Trailing P/E at 53.7x and forward P/E near 47.1x reflect premium multiple expectations; price-to-book at 2.16x sits well below the industry peer mean of 8.04x, and enterprise multiple at 34.23x sits below the industry peer mean of 74.45x. WMDST values the stock as under-valued, a view supported by improving margins, meaningful EPS surprise, and positive free-cash-flow dynamics, while leverage and high trailing multiples keep absolute valuation metrics elevated.

MOST-RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT
REPORT PERIOD ENDING: 2025-11-30
REPORT DATE: 2025-12-18
NEXT REPORT DATE: 2026-03-19
CASH FLOW  Begin Period Cash Flow 6.2 B
 Operating Cash Flow 2.0 B
 Capital Expenditures -757.00 M
 Change In Working Capital -1.18 B
 Dividends Paid -342.00 M
 Cash Flow Delta 404.0 M
 End Period Cash Flow 6.6 B
 
INCOME STATEMENT REVENUE
 Total Revenue 23.5 B
 Forward Revenue 7.8 B
COSTS
 Cost Of Revenue 18.3 B
 Depreciation 1.1 B
 Depreciation and Amortization 1.1 B
 Research and Development
 Total Operating Expenses 21.8 B
PROFITABILITY
 Gross Profit 5.1 B
 EBITDA 2.7 B
 EBIT 1.6 B
 Operating Income 1.6 B
 Interest Income -135.00 M
 Interest Expense
 Net Interest Income -135.00 M
 Income Before Tax 1.3 B
 Tax Provision 333.0 M
 Tax Rate 25.8 %
 Net Income 956.0 M
 Net Income From Continuing Operations 956.0 M
EARNINGS
 EPS Estimate 4.11
 EPS Actual 4.82
 EPS Difference 0.71
 EPS Surprise 17.275 %
 Forward EPS 5.42
 
BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
 Total Assets 89.2 B
 Intangible Assets 6.6 B
 Net Tangible Assets 21.5 B
 Total Current Assets 20.7 B
 Cash and Short-Term Investments 6.6 B
 Cash 6.6 B
 Net Receivables 12.2 B
 Inventory 631.0 M
 Long-Term Investments 4.4 B
LIABILITIES
 Accounts Payable 4.7 B
 Short-Term Debt 901.0 M
 Total Current Liabilities 16.2 B
 Net Debt 14.6 B
 Total Debt 37.8 B
 Total Liabilities 61.0 B
EQUITY
 Total Equity 28.1 B
 Retained Earnings 42.2 B
VALUATION & PER-SHARE METRICS EQUITY & PER-SHARE METRICS
 Book Value Per-Share 119.74
 Shares Outstanding 235.000 M
 Revenue Per-Share 99.87
VALUATION
 Market Capitalization 60.9 B
 Enterprise Value 92.1 B
 Enterprise Multiple 34.234
Enterprise Multiple QoQ -4.1 %
Enterprise Multiple YoY 32.631 %
Enterprise Multiple IPRWA high: 111.108
median: 75.058
mean: 74.449
FDX: 34.234
low: 2.046
 EV/R 3.922
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Asset To Equity 3.169
 Asset To Liability 1.461
 Debt To Capital 0.573
 Debt To Assets 0.423
Debt To Assets QoQ -1.222 %
Debt To Assets YoY 6010.823 %
Debt To Assets IPRWA high: 0.554
median: 0.499
FDX: 0.423
mean: 0.396
low: 0.033
 Debt To Equity 1.342
Debt To Equity QoQ -1.676 %
Debt To Equity YoY 5899.464 %
Debt To Equity IPRWA high: 2.844
median: 2.198
mean: 1.609
FDX: 1.342
low: 0.043
PRICE-BASED VALUATION
 Price To Book (P/B) 2.163
Price To Book QoQ 12.103 %
Price To Book YoY -15.148 %
Price To Book IPRWA high: 10.221
median: 9.141
mean: 8.042
FDX: 2.163
low: 0.232
 Price To Earnings (P/E) 53.73
Price To Earnings QoQ -9.372 %
Price To Earnings YoY -22.289 %
Price To Earnings IPRWA high: 219.55
mean: 119.897
FDX: 53.73
median: 53.302
low: -54.552
 PE/G Ratio 2.079
 Price To Sales (P/S) 2.593
Price To Sales QoQ 7.663 %
Price To Sales YoY -15.536 %
Price To Sales IPRWA high: 8.459
mean: 5.566
median: 4.821
FDX: 2.593
low: 0.815
FORWARD MULTIPLES
Forward P/E 47.12
Forward PE/G 1.823
Forward P/S 7.985
EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL
 Operating Leverage 4.519
ASSET & SALES
 Asset Turnover Ratio 0.264
Asset Turnover Ratio QoQ 4.586 %
Asset Turnover Ratio YoY 3.586 %
Asset Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 0.761
mean: 0.46
FDX: 0.264
median: 0.245
low: 0.008
 Receivables Turnover 1.983
Receivables Turnover Ratio QoQ 1.982 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio YoY -5.013 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 2.301
FDX: 1.983
median: 1.797
mean: 1.717
low: 1.171
 Inventory Turnover 29.696
Inventory Turnover Ratio QoQ 2.031 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio YoY 5.116 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio IPRWA FDX: 29.696
high: 13.044
median: 5.965
mean: 5.753
low: 1.04
 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 46.025
CASH CYCLE
 Cash Conversion Cycle Days (CCC) 26.132
Cash Conversion Cycle Days QoQ -9.379 %
Cash Conversion Cycle Days YoY -2.26 %
Cash Conversion Cycle Days IPRWA high: 116.203
FDX: 26.132
mean: 25.971
median: 25.694
low: -61.123
CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT
 Cash Conversion Ratio 5.287
 CapEx To Revenue -0.032
 CapEx To Depreciation -0.709
 
CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY & COVERAGE CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Total Capital 48.4 B
 Net Invested Capital 49.3 B
 Invested Capital 49.3 B
 Net Tangible Assets 21.5 B
 Net Working Capital 4.4 B
LIQUIDITY
 Cash Ratio 0.405
 Current Ratio 1.274
Current Ratio QoQ 2.224 %
Current Ratio YoY 3.449 %
Current Ratio IPRWA high: 1.592
FDX: 1.274
mean: 1.233
median: 1.048
low: 0.89
 Quick Ratio 1.235
Quick Ratio QoQ 2.295 %
Quick Ratio YoY 3.924 %
Quick Ratio IPRWA high: 3.382
FDX: 1.235
mean: 0.784
median: 0.689
low: 0.339
COVERAGE & LEVERAGE
 Debt To EBITDA 14.045
 Cost Of Debt 0.188 %
 Interest Coverage Ratio 16.885
Interest Coverage Ratio QoQ 24.884 %
Interest Coverage Ratio YoY 17.634 %
Interest Coverage Ratio IPRWA FDX: 16.885
high: 12.233
mean: 6.282
median: 2.77
low: -7.955
 Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.111
TIMING / LIQUIDITY
 Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) 23.104
DIVIDENDS
 Dividend Coverage Ratio 2.795
 Dividend Payout Ratio 0.358
 Dividend Rate 1.46
 Dividend Yield 0.006
PERFORMANCE GROWTH
 Asset Growth Rate 0.865 %
 Revenue Growth 5.507 %
Revenue Growth QoQ 4999.074 %
Revenue Growth YoY 206.285 %
Revenue Growth IPRWA high: 10.882 %
FDX: 5.507 %
mean: -3.684 %
median: -4.737 %
low: -5.42 %
 Earnings Growth 25.849 %
Earnings Growth QoQ -170.046 %
Earnings Growth YoY 106.792 %
Earnings Growth IPRWA high: 237.5 %
FDX: 25.849 %
mean: 1.617 %
median: -53.165 %
low: -75.342 %
MARGINS
 Gross Margin 21.867 %
Gross Margin QoQ 3.625 %
Gross Margin YoY 4.903 %
Gross Margin IPRWA high: 30.222 %
FDX: 21.867 %
mean: 11.68 %
median: 11.586 %
low: 8.179 %
 EBIT Margin 6.907 %
EBIT Margin QoQ 18.372 %
EBIT Margin YoY 10.107 %
EBIT Margin IPRWA high: 8.692 %
median: 7.161 %
FDX: 6.907 %
mean: 5.718 %
low: -428.91 %
 Return On Sales (ROS) 6.907 %
Return On Sales QoQ 18.372 %
Return On Sales YoY 10.107 %
Return On Sales IPRWA high: 9.099 %
median: 8.056 %
FDX: 6.907 %
mean: 6.325 %
low: -7.05 %
CASH FLOW
 Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1.2 B
 Free Cash Flow Yield 1.962 %
Free Cash Flow Yield QoQ -3.824 %
Free Cash Flow Yield YoY 164.777 %
Free Cash Flow Yield IPRWA high: 4.561 %
FDX: 1.962 %
mean: 1.595 %
median: 1.536 %
low: -33.267 %
 Free Cash Growth 9.241 %
Free Cash Growth QoQ 105.675 %
Free Cash Growth YoY -51.486 %
Free Cash Growth IPRWA high: 1091.402 %
FDX: 9.241 %
median: -44.186 %
mean: -96.26 %
low: -504.706 %
 Free Cash To Net Income 1.249
 Cash Flow Margin 7.648 %
 Cash Flow To Earnings 1.878
VALUE & RETURNS
 Economic Value Added 0.03
 Return On Assets (ROA) 1.077 %
Return On Assets QoQ 15.064 %
Return On Assets YoY 25.087 %
Return On Assets IPRWA high: 2.651 %
mean: 1.41 %
FDX: 1.077 %
median: 0.802 %
low: -3.396 %
 Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) 2.222 %
 Return On Equity (ROE) 0.034
Return On Equity QoQ 14.493 %
Return On Equity YoY 21.321 %
Return On Equity IPRWA high: 0.074
mean: 0.047
median: 0.043
FDX: 0.034
low: -0.194
 DuPont ROE 3.419 %
 Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) 2.438 %
Return On Invested Capital QoQ 26.452 %
Return On Invested Capital YoY -110.397 %
Return On Invested Capital IPRWA high: 5.058 %
mean: 2.96 %
FDX: 2.438 %
median: 1.946 %
low: -1.948 %

Six-Week Outlook

Expect near-term consolidation with heightened sensitivity to momentum indicators. Overbought RSI and a positive MRO both suggest pullback risk into structural support near $366 (SuperTrend lower) and the Ichimoku Kijun at $345; a failure to sustain above the upper Bollinger region near $385 increases the likelihood of a short-term retracement. Watch MACD momentum for a clear re-acceleration or further peak-and-reversal deterioration and monitor trading volume for confirmation; low volume today reduces follow-through probability on intraday moves. Corporate catalysts to monitor include progress on the FedEx Freight separation and legal developments around tariff refunds, both capable of swinging volatility over the next six weeks.

About FedEx Corporation

FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) delivers comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions worldwide. Established in 1971 and based in Memphis, Tennessee, FedEx organizes its operations into distinct segments to address diverse shipping needs. FedEx Express provides swift air and ground delivery services, optimizing solutions for time-sensitive shipments across the globe. FedEx Ground emphasizes efficient delivery of small packages, offering cost-effective options for both businesses and individual customers. In the freight domain, FedEx Freight manages less-than-truckload (LTL) services, ensuring precise and careful handling of larger shipments. Beyond transportation, FedEx Services supports clients with a range of offerings in sales, marketing, IT, and customer service, enhancing the overall customer experience. The company also strengthens supply chain management through air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and third-party logistics services. FedEx’s commitment to reliable service and customer satisfaction underpins its role in connecting businesses and consumers in an increasingly interconnected global economy. By continually adapting to the evolving demands of commerce, FedEx maintains its position as a key player in the logistics and transportation industry.



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