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FedEx (WBO:FDX) Interest Coverage : 14.91 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is FedEx Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. FedEx's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €1,258 Mil. FedEx's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was €-84 Mil. FedEx's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 14.91. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for FedEx's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:FDX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.24   Med: 8.63   Max: 23.84
Current: 15.89


WBO:FDX's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
74.73% of 819 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.6 vs WBO:FDX: 15.89

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


FedEx Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for FedEx's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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FedEx Interest Coverage Chart

FedEx Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.14 4.24 7.53 9.47 7.69

FedEx Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.55 16.50 17.47 14.65 14.91

Competitive Comparison of FedEx's Interest Coverage

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, FedEx's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


FedEx's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, FedEx's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FedEx's Interest Coverage falls into.



FedEx Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

FedEx's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023, FedEx's Interest Expense was €-638 Mil. Its Operating Income was €4,911 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €32,951 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: May. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: May. 2023 )
=-1*4910.96/-638.48
=7.69

FedEx's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, FedEx's Interest Expense was €-84 Mil. Its Operating Income was €1,258 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €32,445 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*1257.939/-84.357
=14.91

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


FedEx  (WBO:FDX) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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FedEx (WBO:FDX) Business Description

Address
942 South Shady Grove Road, Memphis, TN, USA, 38120
FedEx pioneered overnight delivery in 1973 and remains the world's largest express package provider. In its fiscal 2023, which ended May 2023, FedEx derived 47% of revenue from its express division, 37% from ground, and 11% from freight, its asset-based less-than-truckload shipping segment. The remainder comes from other services, including FedEx Office, which provides document production/shipping, and FedEx Logistics, which provides global forwarding. FedEx acquired Dutch parcel delivery firm TNT Express in 2016. TNT was previously the fourth-largest global parcel delivery provider.

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