FedEx Corporation vs SKYWEST INC, two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FDX and SKYW diverge most: on dividend yield, FDX reads 1.9% and SKYW reads 0.1%; on current ratio, FDX reads 1.48 and SKYW reads 0.57. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FDX price has a different growth bar priced in than SKYW (-1.1% implied for FDX vs -1.4% for SKYW); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What FDX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SKYW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FDX | SKYW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $307.35 | $106.92 |
| Market cap | $73.5B | $4.2B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.1% | -1.4% |
| P/E | 16.6 | 10.6 |
| P/B | 2.32 | 1.53 |
| P/S | 0.78 | 1.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| Revenue growth | +7.7% | +9.2% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 14.1% |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 9.8% |
| Return on equity | 14.0% | 14.8% |
| Return on assets | 4.5% | 5.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.4% | 7.5% |
| FCF yield | 7.0% | 4.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.76 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | 1.48 | 0.57 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.75 | 7.12 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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