With 1.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.0 million shares. The 52-week range on FDX shows that it touched its highest point at $313.84 and its lowest point at $194.29 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $278.76. With its current market cap of 52.43 billion, FDX has annualized dividend of $5.52 while the current yield stands at 2.52%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.37.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of FDX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.32%, but this was up by 3.68% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.92% while six-month performance fell -25.88%. The stock lost -14.09% in the past year, while it has lost -22.22% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FDX yields 15.93 with Next year EPS estimates of 20.03. For the next quarter, that number is 6.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.90% for this year and 10.43% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.35% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 53.32%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 240.00 million FDX shares are outstanding with a float of 219.21 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FDX since 25 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 20 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $17.91188 being high and $17.53163 being low. For FDX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $17.77179.
