Case 02 FedEx UPS 2016 F1773X
Case 02 FedEx UPS 2016 F1773X
Case 02 FedEx UPS 2016 F1773X
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Exhibit 1
The Battle for Value, 2016: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Revenues for FedEx and UPS by Business and Geography Segment (millions)
Business
FedEx Express 21,555 24,581 26,515 27,171 27,121 27,239
FedEx Ground 7,439 8,485 9,573 10,578 11,617 12,984
FedEx Freight 4,321 4,911 5,282 5,401 5,757 6,191
FedEx Services* 1,419 1,327 1,310 1,137 1,072 1,039
Business
U.S. Domestic Package
Next-Day Air 5,835 6,229 6,412 6,443 6,581 6,570
Deferred 2,975 3,299 3,392 3,437 3,672 3,903
Ground 20,932 22,189 23,052 24,194 25,598 26,274
International Package 11,133 12,249 12,124 12,429 12,988 12,149
Supply-Chain & Freight 8,670 9,139 9,147 8,935 9,393 9,467
* FedEx Services provides back-office support to FedEx's three transportation segments and printing and retail support to customers through FedEx Office.
Cash and Marketable Securities 4,081 4,275 7,924 5,245 3,283 4,726
Accounts Receivable 6,117 6,246 6,111 6,502 6,661 7,134
Total Current Assets 11,569 12,284 15,591 13,387 11,218 13,208
Net Prop., Plant, and Equip. 17,387 17,621 17,894 17,961 18,281 18,352
Total Asssets 33,597 34,077 38,818 35,553 35,440 38,311
Profitability Ratios
Operating Margin 11% 11% 2% 13% 9% 13% EBIT / Revenue
Net Profit Margin 7% 7% 1% 8% 5% 8% Net Income / Revenue
Return on Assets 11% 12% 3% 13% 10% 14% (N. Inc. + Int. Exp.) / T. Assets
Return on Equity 41% 54% 17% 67% 141% 194% Net Income / Tot. St. Eq.
Economic Profit (millions)* $1,873 $2,189 -$602 $2,832 $1,946 $3,255
* Economic Profit (EVA) is calculated as EBIT * (1 – t) – CofC × (T. Debt + T. St. Eq), where t = 40% and CofC = 8%.
C. Assets / C. Liab.
Cash & Mkt. Sec. / Curr. Liab.
Total Debt / Total St. Eq.
Op. Income / Interest Exp.
EBIT / Revenue
Net Income / Revenue
(N. Inc. + Int. Exp.) / T. Assets
Net Income / Tot. St. Eq.
Cash and Marketable Securities 1,952 2,328 2,843 4,917 2,908 3,763
Accounts Receivable 4,163 4,581 4,704 5,044 5,460 5,719
Total Current Assets 7,284 8,285 9,056 11,274 9,683 10,941
Net Prop., Plant, and Equip. 14,385 15,543 17,248 18,484 19,550 20,875
Total Asssets 24,902 27,385 29,903 33,567 33,070 37,069
Profitability Analysis
Operating Margin 5.75% 6.05% 7.46% 10.01% 8.37% 3.93% EBIT / Revenue
Net Profit Margin 3.41% 3.69% 4.76% 6.13% 5.10% 2.21% Net Income / Revenue
Return on Assets 5.07% 5.62% 6.97% 8.34% 7.51% 3.47% (N. Inc. + Int. Exp.) / T. Assets
Return on Equity 8.57% 9.54% 13.80% 15.61% 15.21% 7.00% Net Income / Tot. St. Eq.
Economic Profit (millions)* -$60 $74 $600 $1,029 $688 -$661
* Economic Profit (EVA) is calculated as EBIT * (1 − t) − CofC x (T. Debt + T. St. Eq), where t = 40% and CofC = 8%.
c. / Curr. Liab.
xp.) / T. Assets
Exhibit 5
The Battle for Value, 2016: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Financial and Market Performance
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Index Level, Dec. 31 Close 1,257.64 1,257.60 1,426.19 1,848.36 2,058.90 2,043.94
Annual Return 0.0% 13.4% 29.6% 11.4% -0.7%
Cumul. Annual Return 0.0% 13.4% 43.0% 54.4% 53.7%
FedEx
Express Revenue Share – 2015 FedEx
UPS 45.7%
FedEx 50.9%
USPS 3.4%
Source: Brandon Oglenski, Eric Morgan, and Van Kegel, "North American Transportation and Shipping Equity Rese
ress Revenue
USPS
UPS