Report
Keith Schoonmaker

FedEx Delivers a Strong Quarter in Pricing, Revenue, and Margins, but Excellence Mostly Expected

FedEx grew its top line an impressive 10% largely through greater revenue per package and delivered strong operating margins in all three segments to yield 11.5% consolidated adjusted operating margin. The resulting $1.1 billion adjusted operating profit marks a fourth-quarter record. Management attributes revenue growth primarily to its international business, but we note healthy rate increases too, which reflect greater fuel surcharges from rising fuel prices. We will incorporate the quarter’s...
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FedEx Corporation

FedEx provides transportation, e-commerce and business services through companies under the FedEx brand. These companies are included in the following segments: Federal Express Corporation, including TNT Express B.V., is an express transportation company; FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., which is a provider of small-package ground delivery services; FedEx Freight Corporation, which is a provider of less-than-truckload freight services; and FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., which provides sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer service, technical support, billing and collections services, and certain back-office functions.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Keith Schoonmaker

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