FedEx Corporation

FDX Industrials · Integrated Freight & Logistics
Delayed 15 min
Last close
$295.54
Oct 16, 2026
52-week range
$188.98 — $345.37
-14% from high
Market cap
69.9B
Diluted basis
Dividend yield
1.7%
P/E
15.9
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Verdict status · Oct 16, 2026

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AI synthesis · written from this company's SEC filings · not investment advice

What the filing actually says.

AI · forensic preset

The data supports a narrower conclusion than a headline about growth might suggest. Across the eight fiscal years provided, revenue moved from $65.45 billion in FY2018 to a peak of $93.51 billion in FY2022 and then to $87.93 billion in FY2025, which is about 6.0% below that peak. Operating income in FY2025 was $5.22 billion, down from $5.56 billion in FY2024, and the operating margin calculated from these two figures slipped from about 6.3% to about 5.9%. Net income for FY2025 was $4.09 billion, but the excerpts provided do not include a prior-year net income figure, so no year-over-year net income change is stated here. The recent financing activity is the most concrete item in the filing text: a February 5, 2026 indenture for FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. and FedEx Freight, Inc. with Regions Bank as trustee, with notes at 4.300% due 2029, 4.650% due 2031, 4.950% due 2033 and 5.250% due 2036, guaranteed by FedEx Corporation, plus January 15, 2026 revolving credit and delayed draw term loan agreements with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent. Those documents are listed as exhibits, and their dollar amounts are not in the data provided. No forensic scores are on file for FDX in this data set, so no Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score or Fog Index is characterized here. That absence is a limitation of this synthesis, not a finding about the company. Readers may want to look at the MD&A liquidity and segment sections, the Business Optimization Costs discussion, and the Exhibit 22 list of subsidiary guarantors in the full filings, since the excerpts here are largely an exhibit index and standard forward-looking statement language.

Catalyst.The MD&A text supplied is mostly the exhibit index and certification language, so it does not explain business drivers in its own words. The figures available show FY2025 revenue of $87.93 billion, up about 0.3% from $87.69 billion in FY2024, while operating income declined to $5.22 billion from $5.56 billion. The most concrete current activity in the excerpt is financing: a February 5, 2026 indenture for FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. and FedEx Freight, Inc., and January 15, 2026 revolving credit and delayed draw term loan agreements under which FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. is the borrower. The filing excerpt lists these as exhibits but does not state their dollar amounts or purposes.

Hidden risk.The risk-factor excerpt provided is the forward-looking statements disclaimer from the 10-K filed July 21, 2025, and its text does not describe specific risks. The tension a casual reader could miss is in the numbers: operating income fell about 6.1% in FY2025 while revenue rose only about 0.3%, so cost and margin pressure is the question the data raises. Debt is also being issued at the subsidiary level, with FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. as borrower and issuer and FedEx Corporation as guarantor of the notes. Parent-level exposure therefore depends on guarantor terms found in Exhibit 22, which is not shown in the data provided.

Market signals · from trading data, not filings

What traders are betting.

The scores above come from what FDX reports to the SEC. These readings come from how traders are positioned in its shares. They change quickly, they can be wrong, and they are not part of the verdict.
Short interest Shares sold short · reported twice a month
2.3%
of the shares available to trade
Low
0%5% · 10% · 20%25%+

The metric

Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.

Shares sold short
5.5M
Change since Aug 31
+16.6%
Days to cover
3.2

What it tells us

Few traders are betting against FDX. Levels this low are common for large, widely held companies.

Short sellers added to their bets: shares sold short grew 16.6% since the Aug 31 report.

At normal trading volume, short sellers would need about 3.2 days to buy back every borrowed share.

How investors use it

  • Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
  • Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
  • Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
  • Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.

Lesson: short interest, explained →

Short-interest report for Sep 30, 2026, via Yahoo Finance. Reports come out about a week and a half after that date.

SEC filings · last 12 months

Annual reports, quarterly report & proxy statement

The annual reports (10-K), quarterly report (10-Q), proxy statement (DEF 14A) and current reports (8-K) FedEx Corporation filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.

  • Sep 29, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 5.07: Shareholder vote results; Item 8.01: Other events0
    EDGAR →
  • Sep 14, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 8.01: Other events0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 24, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 5.02: Departure/appointment of officers or directors
    ★ Curriculum-relevant
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 21, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 2.02: Results of operations (earnings)0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 20, 2026
    10-K
    Annual report0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 10, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 8.01: Other events0
    EDGAR →
  • Apr 13, 2026
    8-K
    Current report (2026-04-13)No specific items found in 8-K.0
    EDGAR →
  • Mar 19, 2026
    8-K
    Current report (2026-03-19)Item 2.02: Results of operations (earnings)0
    EDGAR →
  • Mar 19, 2026
    10-Q
    Quarterly report (2026-02-28)Period: 2026-02-280
    EDGAR →
  • Mar 12, 2026
    8-K
    Current report (2026-03-09)No specific items found in 8-K.0
    EDGAR →
  • Aug 18, 2025
    DEF 14A
    Proxy statement (2025-09-29)0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 21, 2025
    10-K
    Annual report (2025-05-31)Period: 2025-05-310
    EDGAR →
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