Key Takeaways
- FedEx is scheduled to put up its ultimate quarterly report for fiscal 2025 after the market closes on Tuesday.
- Analysts are largely bullish on the delivery large’s inventory, and count on a small decline in income whereas seeing a rise in revenue for the most recent interval.
- UBS and Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in latest weeks that tariffs might harm demand and lead FedEx’s efficiency in fiscal 2026 to disappoint.
FedEx (FDX) is slated to report earnings for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2025 after the closing bell on Tuesday, with analysts largely bullish on the delivery large’s inventory.
Of the 14 analysts following the corporate who’re tracked by Seen Alpha, 12 name FedEx a “purchase,” whereas two others give it a “maintain” or equal ranking. The analysts have a mean worth goal of $281, implying roughly 24% upside from Friday’s shut. The inventory has misplaced practically 20% of its worth this 12 months thus far.
FedEx’s fourth-quarter income is anticipated to say no simply over 1% from the identical time a 12 months in the past to $21.82 billion. Adjusted earnings per share, nevertheless, are anticipated to rise greater than 8% to $5.88 as FedEx continues to work via its cost-cutting efforts.
The earlier quarter, FedEx missed estimates and lower its full-year outlook for the third straight quarter, citing a “very difficult working atmosphere.”
UBS, Morgan Stanley See Tariffs Creating Extra Transport Uncertainty
Forward of the scheduled earnings report Tuesday, UBS analysts lower their worth goal for FedEx inventory to $311 from $331. They lowered their estimate for the corporate’s 2026 revenue “to replicate a extra muted quantity and income backdrop and meaningfully much less margin enchancment in each Federal Categorical (FEC) and Freight.”
Morgan Stanley analysts, with an “underweight” ranking and a $200 worth goal, wrote earlier this month that they count on FedEx to overlook estimates for the fiscal fourth quarter. They stated they count on a “noisy miss” regardless of it representing the ultimate quarter of the corporate’s “DRIVE” financial savings program, citing “inflationary pressures, one fewer working day, tariff-related quantity headwinds, and [business-to-business] weak spot,” including that fiscal 2026 outlook will probably be extra essential for the inventory than Tuesday’s fourth-quarter outcomes.
