On the four Ms, FedEx Corporation earns 67 for management and 65 for moat. The management score rests on a return on invested capital of 6.0% and a gross margin of 21.8% — figures that describe a business earning a respectable return on what it employs. Debt sits at 1.36x equity.
The price anchors are built on deliberately conservative assumptions. Growth is modelled at 2.5% a year, the rate measured from the filings. The exit multiple assumed is 8.0x. That produces an intrinsic value of $46.34, a 10-CAP price of $259.70 and a payback time price of $232.35, with the value zone set at the highest of the three, $259.70. Today's price of $287.07 sits 11% above it.
The price is above the value zone and the business scores 65 for moat and 67 for management. Neither test argues for paying up here.
| Price | $287.07 |
| Market cap | $67.9B |
| P/E ratio | 15.7x |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% |
| Debt to equity | 1.36x |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.3% |
| Growth rate used | 2.5% |
| Growth rate measured | 2.0% |
| Exit multiple assumed | 8.0x |
| Company | Moat | Buy price |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | 19 | $76.47 |
| Expeditors International (EXPD) | 57 | $70.71 |
| J.B. Hunt (JBHT) | 45 | $131.49 |
| C.H. Robinson (CHRW) | 45 | $56.26 |
Every number above is built on assumptions that can be changed. In Moatly you can move the growth rate, the exit multiple and the margin of safety and watch every figure recalculate, so you are testing your own view of FedEx Corporation rather than accepting ours.