Key Stats for FedEx Stock
- Pre-market price change for FedEx: -6%
- $FDX Share Price as of Jun. 23: $317
- 52-Week High: $414
- $FDX Stock Price Target: $346
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What Happened?
FedEx (FDX) stock slipped roughly 6% in after-hours trading on Tuesday, even though the company beat Wall Street on both revenue and earnings.
- Adjusted EPS came in at $6.31, topping the $5.96 estimate.
- Revenue hit $25.01 billion, well ahead of the $24.04 billion analysts expected.
- For the full fiscal year, FedEx reported $94.7 billion in revenue, up from $87.9 billion the prior year.
So why did FedEx stock fall?
One likely reason is fuel costs. FedEx saw fuel expenses jump 66% year-over-year, rising from $864 million to $1.43 billion.
Executives said demand hasn’t been hurt by higher fuel prices, and the company’s surcharge structure helped offset the cost.
But the spike was hard to ignore.
This was also the final earnings report to include FedEx Freight, which spun off into a separate public company on June 1.
As part of the spinoff, FedEx Freight paid roughly $4.1 billion in cash back to FedEx Corporation — a meaningful one-time benefit. Investors may be recalibrating expectations now that this segment is gone.
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What the Market Is Telling Us About FedEx Stock
Even with a strong beat, FedEx stock faced after-hours selling pressure. That’s not unusual when results include spinoff-related noise or one-time items that make the numbers harder to read.
The underlying business looks solid.
- Domestic volume was up 3%.
- U.S. pricing rose 10%.
- CEO Raj Subramaniam called the results proof that their strategy is working, pointing to strong free cash flow and results that “far exceeded” initial guidance.
Looking ahead, FedEx guided for 11% revenue growth and full-year adjusted EPS of $16.90 to $18.10 — strong numbers by any measure.
FedEx stock may be worth watching here.
The dip on a beat could be a short-term overreaction, especially given the earnings momentum the company has built over the past several quarters.
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