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Thanks for visiting my FedEx Financial Report page. On this page, you will be able to find preliminary information about FedEx's current financial performance as well as some historical track records and trends.
For a more detailed examination of FedEx's financial performance, I offer two reports, which are "A Beginner's Guide to FedEx Financial Analysis" and "FedEx Financial Report by Paul Borosky, MBA." Both reports are written by myself, Paul Borosky, MBA., Doctoral Candidate, and published author, and include:
- Summarized income statements for the last 5 years.
- Summarized balance sheets for the last 5 years.
- Five years’ worth of over twenty common financial ratios presented with formulas, calculations, and analysis tips for each ratio.
- Line by line description, explanation, and analysis tip for most financial statement line items and financial ratios.
- Professional financial analysis tips are provided in each section to help YOU conduct your OWN financial analysis!
- Each section includes an “in other words” segment. This is where I use plain English to explain concepts.
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- Professional financial analysis of important income statements, balance sheets, and financial ratio trends.
- "Letter Grade" is assigned to most financial statement line items and financial ratios to help you better understand their overall trends for the last 5 years (Starting in 2021).
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FedEx 2021 Beginner's Guide
Table of Contents
- Disclaimer 3
- Forward 4
- Income Statement 6
- FedEx’s Summarized Income Statements 6
- Revenues 7
- Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) 8
- Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses (SG&A 8
- Research and Development (R&D) 9
- Operating Expenses 10
- Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT 10
- Interest Expense 11
- Earnings Before Taxes (EBT) 12
- Taxes 12
- Net income 12
- Tax Rate 13
- Balance Sheet 15
- FedEx’s Summarized Balance Sheets 15
- Cash 16
- Short-Term Investments 16
- Accounts Receivables 17
- Inventory 18
- Current Assets 19
- Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) 20
- Total Assets 20
- Accounts Payable 21
- Accrued Expenses 22
- Short-Term Debt 23
- Total Current Liabilities 24
- Long Term Debt (LT Debt) 25
- Total Liabilities 26
- Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital 27
- Treasury 27
- Retained Earnings 28
- Total Equity 29
- Financial Ratios 30
- FedEx’s Liquidity Ratios 31
- Current Ratio 31
- Quick Ratio 32
- Cash Ratio 33
- FedEx’s Asset Ratios 35
- Total Asset Turnover 36
- Fixed Asset Turnover 37
- Days Sales Outstanding 37
- Inventory Turnover 38
- Accounts Receivable Turnover 39
- Accounts Payable Turnover 40
- Other Asset Ratio Calculations 41
- Working Capital Turnover 41
- Average Days in Inventory 41
- Average Days Payable 41
- FedEx’s Profitability Ratios 43
- Return on Assets (ROA) 43
- Return on Equity (ROE) 44
- Net Profit Margin 45
- Gross Profit Margin 46
- Operating Profit Margin 46
- FedEx’s Debt Ratios 48
- Debt Ratio 48
- Debt to Equity Ratio 49
- Times Interest Earned 50
Sample Financial Report
FedEx: Brief Summary
FedEx (FDX) has its home headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. The organization competes in the integrated freight and logistics industry, specifically the industrial sector. At present, there are proximally 500,000 employees working full-time for FedEx.
From a financial perspective, FedEx Corporation currently has a market cap of $41.2 billion. Their stock price for the last 52 weeks has ranged from $88.69 to $178.50. As for dividends, the organization does pay out quarterly dividends and a dividend yield of 1.64%. His current beta is 1.33. This indicates that the organization’s stock is slight to moderately riskier as compared to the overall market.
FedEx Financial Report Sources
“FedEx 2019 Company Analysis… For Beginners: Financial Statements and Financial Ratios: Defined, Discussed, and Analyzed for 5 Years” was written by, Paul Borosky, MBA., and owner of Quality Business Plan. In this report, I used FedEx's 2018 10k, 2017 10k annual report, 2016 10k annual report, 2015 10k annual report, and 2019 10k annual report as the basis for information gathering.
Section 1: FedEx Income Statement Analyzed
In this section, I walk through a broad definition of what an income statement is and why it is important. From this, I then discuss and define income statement line items, such as revenues, gross profits, etc. in detail. After each line item is defined and discussed, I finally offer a summary analysis of FedEx's important income statement line item trends from 2015 to 2019, in most cases.
FedEx: Revenue Growth.
In 2015, the FedEx Corporation ended the year with approximately $47.4 billion in revenues. In the next four years, the company would continually grow its revenues until the end of 2019 with approximately $69.7 billion in revenues. For mature multinational corporations such as FedEx, this continued growth rate over a five-year span is most impressive. However, as we will see in the dividend payout section, the company may be preparing for slowed revenue growth due to dividend reductions. Only time will tell though.
FedEx 2021 Summary Income Statement |
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Column1 |
2021 |
2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
2017 |
Revenues |
83,959 |
69,217 | 69,693 | 65,450 |
60,319 |
COGS | |||||
Gross Profit |
83,959 |
69,217 | 69,693 | 65,450 |
60,319 |
SG&A |
30,173 |
25,031 | 24,776 | 23,795 |
21,989 |
Depreciation |
3,793 |
3,615 | 3,353 |
3,095 |
2,995 |
R & D | - | - | - | - | - |
Other | - | - | - | ||
Total Operating Expenses |
78,102 |
66,800 | 65,227 | 61,178 |
55,753 |
EBIT |
5,857 |
2,417 | 4,466 | 4,272 |
4,566 |
Other Income | |||||
Interest Expense |
793 |
672 | 588 | 558 |
512 |
EBT |
6,674 |
1,669 | 655 | 4,353 |
4,579 |
Taxes |
1,443 |
383 | 115 | (219) |
1,582 |
Net Income |
5,231 |
1,286 | 540 | 4,572 |
2,997 |
Section 2: FedEx Balance Sheet Analyzed
For the FedEx balance sheet, I again go through each important line item from the balance sheet. In reviewing each line item, I will define their balance sheet line item, such as cash, property, plant and equipment, and liabilities between 2015 to 2019. Next, I then offer a summary analysis of their important balance sheet line items.
FedEx: Short-Term Investments.
The FedEx Corporation had no short-term investments in the last five years noted on its balance sheet. Granted, the organization has continually increased its revenues over the last five years. This indicates that the company is in an expansionary business cycle. However, without short-term investments, the organization may not be holding and utilizing its liquid cash at an optimal level. For a better perspective on this, an in-depth analysis of its cash position is needed. As a general rule though, organizations should utilize short-term investments. This is just my most humble of opinions.
FedEx 2021 Summary Balance Sheet |
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Column1 |
2021 |
2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
2017 |
Cash |
7,087 |
4,881 | 2,319 | 3,265 |
3,969 |
Short Term Investment | - | - | - | - | - |
Account Receivable |
7,087 |
4,881 | 9,116 | 8,481 |
7,599 |
Inventory |
587 |
572 | 553 | 525 |
514 |
Other | |||||
Current Assets |
20,580 |
16,383 | 13,086 | 13,341 |
12,628 |
Net PPE |
35,752 |
33,608 | 30,429 | 28,154 |
25,981 |
Goodwill |
6,992 |
6,372 | 6,884 | 6,973 |
7,154 |
Other | |||||
Total Assets |
82,777 |
73,537 | 54,403 | 52,330 |
48,552 |
Accounts Payable |
3,841 |
3,269 | 3,030 | 2,977 |
2,752 |
Accrued Expense |
2,903 |
1,569 | 3,278 | 3,131 |
3,230 |
Accrued Taxes | |||||
Notes Payable | |||||
LT Debt - Current |
146 |
51 | 964 | 1,342 |
22 |
Other | |||||
Total Current Liabilities |
13,660 |
10,344 | 9,013 | 9,627 |
7,918 |
LT Debt |
20,733 |
21,952 | 16,617 | 15,243 |
14,909 |
Other | |||||
Total Liabilities |
58,609 |
55,242 | 36,646 | 32,914 |
32,479 |
Common Stock |
3,513 |
3,388 | 3,231 | 3,117 |
3,005 |
Treasury |
8,430 |
9,162 | 9,289 | 7,978 |
7,382 |
Retained Earnings |
29,817 |
25,216 | 24,648 | 24,823 |
20,833 |
Other | |||||
Total Equity |
24,168 |
18,295 | 17,757 | 19,416 |
16,073 |
Total Equity & Liability |
82,777 |
73,537 | 54,403 | 52,330 |
48,552 |
Section 3: FedEx Financial Ratios Analyzed
For this section, I have chosen several different financial ratios to review for FedEx from 2015 to 2019. In reviewing each of their financial ratios, I first start with defining the financial ratio. Next, I supply the financial formula for calculating the specific ratio. Finally, I offer a brief analysis of their important Financial ratios.
FedEx Current Ratio.
FedEx's current ratio for 2015 ended the year at 1.84. This indicates that the organization had a significant amount of current assets on hand as compared to current liabilities. With the golden rule at 1.0 for the current ratio, the firm needs to do a better job of better aligning its current asset needs with current liabilities. The company may be able to do this by divesting some of its current assets to longer-term assets such as property, plants, and equipment, or even paying out additional dividends to shareholders. Fortunately, the organization does reduce its current ratio in the next four years, ending 2019 at 1.45.
FedEx Total Asset Turnover.
FedEx fixed asset turnover in 2015 was 2.27. Their fixed asset turnover would fall in 2016 to 2.07. However, they would rebound in 2017 and 2018 with a fixed asset turnover of 2.32. However, their fixed asset turnover would slightly reduce in 2019 to 2.29. It’s interesting that the organization is able to continually increase the revenues but they are not able to increase the efficient usage of their fixed assets.
FedEx Return on Assets.
In 2015, the FedEx Corporation had a return on assets of 2.83%. In the next four years, the return on assets would grow to 8.74%. However, in 2019, the return on assets would drop through the floor to .99%. This indicates that the management may have acquired too many assets as compared to revenues. A common remedy for this ailment is for FedEx’s executive team to liquidate property, plant, and equipment that is underperforming.
FedEx Debt ratio.
In 2015, the FedEx Corporation had a debt ratio of 19.5%. In the next two years, their debt ratio would balloon to 30.71% ending in 2017. In the next two years, the organization would hold steady with a 30.5% debt ratio in 2019. The significant increase in debt for FedEx is a common practice for multinational corporations. By taking on debt, the organization is able to make money on borrowed funds as well as increase its dividend payout to shareholders.
FedEx Liquidity Ratios 2019 |
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Ratios | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current Ratio | 1.45 | 1.39 | |||
Cash Ratio | 0.26 | 0.34 | |||
Quick Ratio | 1.39 | 1.33 | |||
Net Working Capital | 5,680 | 6,163 | |||
FedEx Asset Utilization 2019 |
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Ratios | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total Asset Turnover | 1.28 | 1.25 | |||
Fixed Asset Turnover | 2.29 | 2.32 | |||
Days Sales Outstanding | 47.74 | 47.30 | |||
Inventory Turnover | 126.03 | 124.67 | |||
Accounts Receivable Turnover | 7.65 | 7.72 | |||
Working Capital Turnover | 12.27 | 10.62 | |||
AP Turnover | 23.00 | 21.99 | |||
Average Days Inventory | 51.90 | 56.79 | |||
Average Days Payable | 284.38 | 322.05 | |||
Cash Conversion Cycle | (184.73) | (217.96) | |||
FedEx Profitability Ratios 2019 |
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Ratios | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on Assets | 0.99% | 8.74% | |||
Return on Equity | 3.04% | 23.55% | |||
Net Profit Margin | 0.77% | 6.99% | |||
Gross Profit Margin | 94.42% | 94.84% | |||
Operating Profit Margin | 6.41% | 6.53% | |||
Basic Earning Power | 8.21% | 8.16% | |||
ROCE | 9.84% | 10.00% | |||
Capital Employed | 45,390 | 42,703 | |||
ROIC | 10.20% | 13.07% | |||
FedEx Long-term Debt 2019 |
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Ratios | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Debt Ratio | 30.54% | 29.13% | |||
Debt/Equity | 93.58% | 78.51% | |||
Times Interest Earned | 7.60 | 7.66 |