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FedEx$FDX · filed: grew revenue 7.7% in FY2026 to $94.7BSound shipTrillion Score 514Fall Risk LowNext year $87.7B–$104.7B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What FedEx filed
Grew revenue 7.7% in FY2026 to $94.7 billion, operating margin 5.8% against a 2.4% median for air courier services, equity 32.0% of assets, and dividend per share up 2 years running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on FedEx’s card. Sound ship: one warning sign. Trillion Score 514, #6 of 15 in its field; Fall Risk Low (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2026-05-31 between $87.7B and $104.7B, an 80% range sealed on 26 Sept 2026 · receipt #896428 · graded in public by the revenue in FedEx’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
**$30B** LTL spinoff separates industrial freight exposure from express parcel decline, creating pure-play comps and isolated capital allocation paths.
$9.4B
in annual revenue and
18,000
tractors to the newly traded entity
$81B
in remaining revenue
$30B
based on opening price and fully diluted share count
FedEx Corporation separated its less-than-truckload freight business into an independent public company this week, completing a structural breakup that assigns $9.4B in annual revenue and 18,000 tractors to the newly traded entity. The parent company now operates as a pure-play express parcel and logistics business with $81B in remaining revenue, while FedEx Freight trades independently under ticker FXFR on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction valued the freight unit at approximately $30B based on opening price and fully diluted share count.
The separation follows 18 months of planning after FedEx announced the intended spinoff in June 2023, citing operational incompatibility between time-definite express networks and the density-driven economics of LTL freight. FedEx Freight now controls 410 service centers across North America, maintaining existing customer contracts and the commercial brand without disruption. Former FedEx Freight president John Smith assumes the CEO role, while FedEx Corporation shareholders received one share of the new entity for every three shares held as of the March 15 record date. The parent company retains no ownership stake.
This matters because LTL consolidation has compressed margins across the sector while express parcel density continues eroding under e-commerce route fragmentation. FedEx Freight enters public markets with 67% of revenue from industrial and manufacturing customers, a segment showing 3.2% year-over-year tonnage growth despite broader freight recession signals. The spinoff isolates this countercyclical exposure from FedEx's troubled Ground segment, where operating margin fell 340 basis points in the most recent quarter. Allocators now hold a separated vehicle for domestic truck freight beta without the drag of last-mile delivery infrastructure built for volumes that never materialized post-pandemic.
The separation also clarifies capital allocation. FedEx Freight carried $2.1B in net debt at separation and announced an immediate $500M share repurchase authorization, signaling management confidence in free cash conversion despite $800M in annual maintenance capex requirements. The parent company simultaneously announced it will deploy proceeds from tax-free distribution treatment toward express aircraft retirements and automation investments in its remaining Ground network. This removes the structural conflict where freight expansion competed for capital against air network optimization, a tension that depressed consolidated return on invested capital to 8.1% in fiscal 2024, well below the 12% cost of capital.
Operators should monitor FedEx Freight's first quarterly earnings call in early July, where management will detail pricing strategy in a softening freight environment where spot rates remain 18% below 2022 peaks. Watch for commentary on contract renewal rates and any shift toward transactional pricing models that sacrifice margin for volume. The parent company's next earnings release on June 20 will reveal whether Ground segment restructuring can offset express revenue declines from commercial cargo weakness, with analyst consensus expecting $1.52 per share on $21.8B revenue. Any deviation forces a reassessment of whether the spinoff occurred early enough to preserve value in both entities.
The freight unit now competes directly with Old Dominion Freight Line, which trades at 24x forward earnings against FedEx Freight's 14x opening multiple, a gap that narrows only if the new company demonstrates pricing discipline independent of cross-selling pressure from a parent desperate for integrated logistics revenue.
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For the principal
The separation creates tax-free exposure to countercyclical industrial freight without express parcel headwinds—monitor Q2 pricing discipline before position sizing.
For the operator
New comp set against Old Dominion and XPO—watch July earnings for contract renewal rates and whether management prioritizes margin over volume fill.
For the house
Huang Goodman holds FedEx parent in Harbor Logistics sleeve—evaluate FXFR for Value Rotation after 90-day price discovery period and first earnings print.
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