FedEx Corporation vs United Airlines Holdings, Inc., two Airlines stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FDX and UAL diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), FDX reads +1.1% and UAL reads +0.2%; on current ratio, FDX reads 1.47 and UAL reads 0.70. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FDX price has a different growth bar priced in than UAL (+1.1% implied for FDX vs +0.2% for UAL); 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 UAL'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 | UAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $314.44 | $126.01 |
| Market cap | $75.2B | $41.2B |
| Sector | Airlines | Airlines |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.1% | +0.2% |
| P/E | 16.8 | 11.3 |
| P/B | 2.52 | 2.59 |
| P/S | 0.82 | 0.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.0 | 6.8 |
| Revenue growth | +4.7% | +4.9% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 6.1% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 23.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.7% | 4.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.1% | 10.8% |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | 7.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.77 | 1.38 |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.75 | 6.85 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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