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FDX vs. LSTR, TSLA, DG, KBH, LEN, NKE, UPS, RKLB, EXPD, and XPO

Should you be buying FedEx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FedEx include Landstar System (LSTR), Tesla (TSLA), Dollar General (DG), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), NIKE (NKE), United Parcel Service (UPS), Rocket Lab (RKLB), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), and XPO (XPO).

FedEx vs. Its Competitors

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

84.5% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Landstar System shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of FedEx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Landstar System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

FedEx has a net margin of 4.65% compared to Landstar System's net margin of 3.72%. Landstar System's return on equity of 18.23% beat FedEx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FedEx4.65% 16.34% 5.14%
Landstar System 3.72%18.23%10.15%

FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than Landstar System. FedEx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landstar System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FedEx$87.93B0.64$4.09B$16.8814.03
Landstar System$4.82B1.02$195.95M$5.0527.90

FedEx has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, FedEx had 32 more articles in the media than Landstar System. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for FedEx and 4 mentions for Landstar System. FedEx's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Landstar System's score of 0.21 indicating that FedEx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FedEx
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Landstar System
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

FedEx pays an annual dividend of $5.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Landstar System pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. FedEx pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Landstar System pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FedEx has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Landstar System has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

FedEx currently has a consensus target price of $283.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.64%. Landstar System has a consensus target price of $151.31, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given FedEx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FedEx is more favorable than Landstar System.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FedEx
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Landstar System
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Summary

FedEx beats Landstar System on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FDX vs. The Competition

MetricFedExTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$56.12B$30.01B$7.45B$21.15B
Dividend Yield2.44%4.47%699.44%3.58%
P/E Ratio14.0332.5213.2327.76
Price / Sales0.640.53535.9158.69
Price / Cash6.547.628.0423.00
Price / Book1.992.662.194.67
Net Income$4.09B$2.00B$571.39M$993.85M
7 Day Performance3.59%3.05%0.93%1.16%
1 Month Performance3.36%3.91%4.90%4.99%
1 Year Performance-20.63%-12.34%5.88%12.54%

FedEx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FDX
FedEx
4.7066 of 5 stars
$236.75
-0.5%
$283.25
+19.6%
-20.9%$56.12B$87.93B14.03430,000
LSTR
Landstar System
4.158 of 5 stars
$134.98
-1.1%
$151.31
+12.1%
-24.8%$4.73B$4.82B26.821,441Upcoming Earnings
TSLA
Tesla
4.6956 of 5 stars
$319.95
+2.9%
$300.19
-6.2%
+35.0%$1.03T$97.69B175.80125,665Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DG
Dollar General
4.6507 of 5 stars
$111.56
-1.5%
$107.04
-4.1%
-9.3%$24.54B$40.61B21.28194,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KBH
KB Home
4.7031 of 5 stars
$54.16
+1.0%
$66.14
+22.1%
-28.2%$3.69B$6.93B7.172,384
LEN
Lennar
4.6597 of 5 stars
$108.37
+0.6%
$128.85
+18.9%
-32.0%$28.06B$35.44B8.9613,265Positive News
NKE
NIKE
4.3749 of 5 stars
$71.77
-0.3%
$77.15
+7.5%
+4.6%$106.14B$46.31B33.2279,400Positive News
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.8984 of 5 stars
$99.04
-0.5%
$119.13
+20.3%
-18.9%$83.84B$91.07B14.43490,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RKLB
Rocket Lab
2.6798 of 5 stars
$46.59
+4.5%
$34.10
-26.8%
+810.2%$21.24B$436.21M-117.062,100Gap Down
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
4.0913 of 5 stars
$112.63
-0.6%
$113.89
+1.1%
-6.7%$15.46B$11.06B19.7319,900Positive News
XPO
XPO
4.3103 of 5 stars
$127.56
-0.6%
$141.00
+10.5%
+21.2%$15.03B$8.07B39.2538,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:FDX) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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