Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of FDX vs.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Intel, and Federal Express (NYSE:FDX) have already warned of a profit shortfall.
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Oracle (ORCL), Caterpillar (CAT), and FedEx (FDX) all surprised today with their downbeat assessments.
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Other competitors in the transportation sector include: FedEx (FDX) and Air T, Inc. (AIRT).
True, FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) and economic downturns don't mix.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Intel, and Federal Express (NYSE:FDX), IBM, McDonalds and General Electric (NYSE:GE) have already reported profit shortfalls.
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FedEx (FDX) announced that quarterly profit was worse than expected due to weakness in the air express business.
At last check, FSLR was off about 0.9%, while FDX was off about 0.3% on the day Wednesday.
Once Wall Street starts raising the bar, reports like those from FDX and RAD may become the norm.
At the closing bell, FDX is up about 2%, while PNC is up about 0.2% on the day Tuesday.
After the trade show was over, they would ask clients to return the kit using the prepaid FedEx (FDX) box.
Fedex (FDX) posted better than expected earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which proved to be a good sign for retailers.
And to me that means seasonal bumps in demand for the shipping and delivery services from United Parcel Service (UPS) and FedEx (FDX).
Indeed, FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ), which is now converting, is giving all current employees a choice of plans.
Always worth watching are United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and FedEx (NYSE: FDX), both of which have slipped to new, short-term lows in oversold territory.
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That turned up Nuance Communications (NUAN), which counts Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Samsung, Sony (SNE), FedEx (FDX), and On-Star among its exploding customer base.
As the week progressed there were earnings warnings from FedEx ( FDX) and Norfolk Southern ( NSC) and the entire sector was for sale.
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The Cessna Caravan has been flying since 1985 and is a workhorse for FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) in smaller cities.
All these safety measures cost real money to UPS--and FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) and every commercial airline, for that matter.
When FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) started next-day mail, many predicted that the U.S. Postal Service would be unable to compete.
Those comments have led to favorable ones for FedEx (FDX), which stands to benefit as Apple starts shipping the iPhone 5 from from factories in China.
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In spite of an expected dip in profit, most analysts are positive about FedEx (FDX) before it reports its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, December 19, 2012.
Federal Express ( FDX) also reports earnings on Wednesday morning.
Among the largest underlying components of IYT, in trading today Union Pacific Corporation ( UNP) is off about 0.8%, and Fedex Corporation ( FDX) is lower by about 0.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYT, in trading today Union Pacific Corporation ( UNP) is down about 1.1%, and Fedex Corporation ( FDX) is lower by about 1.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYT, in trading today Union Pacific Corporation ( UNP) is up about 1.2%, and FedEx Corporation ( FDX) is up by about 1.2%.
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Among the largest underlying components of IYT, in trading today Union Pacific Corporation ( UNP) is up about 1.8%, and FedEx Corporation ( FDX) is higher by about 1.3%.
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The transportation sector is the most economically sensitive and last week FedEx ( FDX) lowered its earnings guidance for its fiscal first quarter, which just ended on August 31.
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