FedEx Q4 Results: Will falling demand pull share prices lower? Let’s Find Out!
FedEx Q4 results: Key insights
- FedEx to ground 29 more aircraft in the fiscal year starting June 1.
- FedEx blames a global shipping downturn and lack of demand for its services as the reason for weak revenues.
- FedEx plans to cut $4 billion in permanent costs by the end of its 2025 financial year.
- FedEx to buy back $2 billion of its common stock in the new fiscal beginning June 1, 2023. ‘
- Rival UPS shares also dropped following demand concerns affecting the sector.
FedEx share price and FedEx results:
FedEx shares dropped 1% in after-market trading on June 20, 2023 and lost 3% in premarket trading on June 21, 2023 on the back of weak quarterly results as falling demand pushes the firm to adopt heavy cost cutting mechanisms.
FedEx shares lost 33% of its value in 2022, however is on track to regain most of its losses with share prices up 31% so far this year.
FedEx share historical performance:
| 1 Day | 1 Month | 1 Year | 5 Years |
| -1% | 1.3% | 31% | -4% |
(Data as on June 20, 2023)
Decoding FedEx Q3 earnings:
FedEx Revenue
- FedEx posted its third-straight drop in quarterly revenue during the three months ending May 2023, amid weakening demand after a pandemic-fueled boom in business cooled down.
- FedEx’s express division that relies on airplanes for speedy deliveries, its Ground division known for delivering e-commerce packages for retailers like Walmart and in its Freight trucking division all witnessed a drop in volumes, leading to the drop in revenues.
| Q4FY23 | Q4FY22 | % change | |
| Total Revenue | $21.9 billion | $24.4 billion | -10.2% |
FedEx net profit
In FedEx’s fourth quarter, it reported a profit of $1.54 billion, or $6.05 a share, compared with a profit of $558 million, or $2.13 a share, in the same period a year earlier on account of heavy cost reduction tactics.
| Q4FY23 | Q4FY22 | % change | |
| Net Profit | $1.54 billion | $558 million | 170% |
FedEx dividend
FedEx returned $2.7 Billion to stockholders through Stock Repurchases and Dividends during FY23. However, FedEx board did not release any dividend for the quarter.
FedEx share price target
- Renowned brokerage Bernstein raised its share price target on the stock to $284 from $261.
- Renowned brokerage JP Morgan raised its share price target on the stock to $251 from $228.
- Brokerage Raymond James cut its share price target on the stock to $270 from $280.
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