FedEx Corp is a global logistics and transportation company that provides a wide range of delivery services, including overnight shipping, freight transportation, and supply chain solutions. With a comprehensive network that spans across the globe, FedEx facilitates the timely movement of goods for businesses and consumers, offering innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and reliability. The company’s various segments focus on different aspects of logistics, such as express shipping, ground transportation, and e-commerce solutions, making it a vital player in connecting markets and enabling commerce worldwide. Read More
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how air freight and logistics stocks fared in Q1, starting with FedEx (NYSE:FDX).
Vehicle manufacturer Shyft (NASDAQ:SHYF) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 3.4% year on year to $204.6 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $920 million at the midpoint came in 3.8% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.07 per share was significantly above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Wall Street has set ambitious price targets for the stocks in this article.
While this suggests attractive upside potential, it’s important to remain skeptical because analysts face institutional pressures that can sometimes lead to overly optimistic forecasts.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - May 5, 2025 - PRLog -- Schonfeld & Associates, a publisher of business information products for over 40 years, has released the 2025 edition of SG&A Benchmarks for the Transportation, Communications, Utilities industry sector. The report is a convenient source of information for professional managers seeking benchmark information on Selling, General & Administrative spending by major public corporations within the sector. Metrics for public companies provide important insight for other firms within the sector. SG&A expenses are all the direct and indirect selling expenses and all general and administrative expenses. SG&A expenses are also called Operating Expenses. Frequently, SG&A to Sales ratios are used to judge efficiency of management spending.Benchmarks for SG&A spending are hard to find. Averages may be available but are generally too broad to be useful. Within SG&A Benchmarks, the sector summary charts provide side by side comparison of annual median values for each industry within the sector for 2021-2024 as well as a chart of 10%ile, median and 90%ile values of SG&A to Sales ratio for 2024 by industry to illustrate the range of values reported by firms within each industry. To account for SG&A spending practices varying by size of revenues, individual companies are grouped based on fiscal 2024 sales. The detailed tables for each of the individual industries are presented with the companies in three groups as defined by sales of less than $100 million, sales between $100 million and $1 billion, and sales of more than $1 billion. The information presented for each company includes: fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 SG&A as a percentage of sales, annual percentage growth rate in SG&A spending and in sales, total sales for fiscal 2024 and headquarters location. Comparing the growth rate of SG&A expenses and sales gives a snapshot of where the profitability of the firm may be heading.The Transportation, Communications and Utilities sector reports SG&A spending information for over 350 publicly traded companies in eight industries: Railroad Transportation (including Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Sante Fe, CSX Transportation), Motor Freight Transportation (Including J.B. Hunt, United Parcel Service, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings), Water Transportation (including Royal Caribbean, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Norwegian Cruise Lines), Transportation by Air (including FedEx, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines Holdings), Pipelines except Natural Gas (including Plains All American Pipelines, Enbridge), Transportation Services (including C.H. Robinson Worldwide, XPO Logistics), Communications (including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, T-Mobile), and Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services (including Waste Management, Kinder Morgan).This report will benefit anyone seeking competitive benchmark intelligence including corporate staff, financial analysts, investment professionals, lenders, M&A advisors, appraisers and industry consultants.Visit https://saibooks.com/product/sga-benchmarks-transportation/ for more information and to place a secure order for immediate download.
Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments.
Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.
A stock with low volatility can be reassuring, but it doesn’t always mean strong long-term performance.
Investors who prioritize stability may miss out on higher-reward opportunities elsewhere.
Freight transportation intermediary C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ:CHRW)
will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
