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Investment Overview for FedEx (NYSE:FDX)
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Below are key drivers of FedEx that present opportunities for upside or downside to the current Trefis price estimate.
FedEx Express EBITDA Margin
- FedEx Express EBITDA Margin: FedEx Express EBITDA Margins declined from 16.8% in 2008 to 14.9% in 2011 because of an increase in fuel surcharges due to the rise in fuel prices globally.
As the world’s crude oil production reaches maximum levels and declines in the coming years, the amount of aviation fuel produced will also decline over time. Jet Fuel had spiked to $3.4/gallon on 24 Feb 2012 due to the geopolitical turmoil, concerns over Iranian supply and increased global demand. Though it corrected to a 12 month low of $2.7/gallon by 18 Jun 2012, it is highly unlikely for fuel to sustain lower levels considering the ongoing volatility. If fuel costs increase by more than expected, due to sharp rise in oil prices, something similar to what was seen in 2008, margins would face severe downward pressure and can neutralize the companies fuel efficiency and other cost cutting measures to keep the margins flat at around 2011 levels, and would imply around a 10% decline in our current price estimate.
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FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) is a holding company with subsidiaries that provide a broad range of transportation, e-commerce and business services, under the FedEx brand.
Its primary operating companies are Federal Express Corporation (“FedEx Express”), the world’s largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx Ground”), a leading provider of small package ground delivery services; and the FedEx Freight LTL Group, which comprises the FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL businesses of FedEx Freight Corporation.
These companies represent its major service lines and, along with FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. (“FedEx Services”), form the core of our reportable segments. The FedEx Services segment provides sales, marketing, information technology and customer service support to its transportation segments. In addition, the FedEx Services segment provides customers with retail access to FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping services through FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. (“FedEx Office”).
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The Express Package division is the most valuable to the company because of the following reasons.
Highest composite package yields for the Express Package division
The FedEx Express Package division has very high composite package yields compared to Express Freight or the FedEx Ground division. FedEx Express Package's composite package yield is more than 15 times the package yield of FedEx Express Freight and more than 3 times that of FedEx Ground.
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Significant increase in pension and retiree medical expenses may constrain growth
Over the next few years, retirement plan costs are expected to increase significantly. A significant increase in pension and retiree medical expenses may cause decreases in FedEx's profitability. FedEx uses a discount rate to value the pension and retirement reimbursements it provides to its pensioners. The company is highly sensitive to this discount rate. A one basis point decrease results in nearly $2 million in additional pension costs. A small percentage change may result in the write-off of a large fraction of operating income.
Legislation in the U.S. Congress could raise labor costs
The House of Representatives decision to pass a re-authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) foreshadows a potential dramatic shift in labor laws that would significantly raise FedEx's salary expenses should further labor laws be passed.
Although employees of FedEx's main private competitor, UPS, are governed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), FedEx's employees are subject to the Railway Labor Act. As a result, unionized FedEx employees must hold a national vote on issues regarding their union. However, legislation may allow employees to hold local votes, which would give the union significantly more leverage and power, and thus, would increase labor costs by as much as 30% for FedEx.
Trefis Forecast Rationale for Total International Domestic Package Volume
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This refers to the total international domestic package transported by FedEx.
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${forecast} increased from 81.4 million in 2008 to 111 million in 2011 because of expansion to international locations and growing demand from Asian countries. We expect this figure to increase till the end of the Trefis forecast period.
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Trefis considered the following factors for its forecast
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- Expansion to other countries
- FedEx expanded the list of countries where it operates branded FedEx Express domestic services. The list now includes India, along with the United States, China, Mexico, Canada, and United Kingdom.
- In the last quarter of 2011, FedEx Express acquired Polish shipping company Opek, French B2B express transportation company TATEX and Brazilian transportation and logistics company Rapidão Cometa. This was done to further tap the European and Latin American markets.
- FedEx Express also added Columbia to its growing network of international direct- served countries, a move that should provide even greater service and growth opportunities for it in the fourth largest market of Latin America.
- Deployment of new printing and production machines
- FedEx has rolled out an alliance with Canon/HP that means deployment of more than 12,000 new state-of-the-art printing and production machines in all 1,800 U.S. FedEx office centers over the new years.
- This alliance will open doors for new customer facing solutions such as smart phone printing and other creative publishing solutions.
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