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  • Can FedEx Keep Rolling?

    By Damon Churchwell - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: CHRW, FDX, HUBG

    When FedEx (NYSE: FDX) reports earnings on March 20, the investment community will be watching, as the results serve as a gauge for economic and industrial activity. FDX shares have soared since my December 7, 2012 blog in tandem with the transportation sector as a whole that has far outperformed the S&P 500 rally over the past six months. Indeed, shipping companies in the trucking and railroad sectors have more »

  • 3 Stocks to Watch This Week

    By Joseph Solitro - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: CTAS, DRI, FDX

    Earnings reports can make or break a stock. With the market near all time highs, we have to choose wisely if we are going to make a play. I have my eye on three companies this week; one is worth buying, one is worth holding, and the other is one to avoid. 

    "The Service Professionals"

    Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS), the largest uniform company in the United States, reports third quarter earnings more »

  • Will FedEx Earnings Transport the Stock Higher?

    By Austin Higgins - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: CHRW, FDX, UPS

    FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) will be announcing its Q3 results before the Market opens on Mar. 20.

    FedEx provides transportation, business services and e-commerce solutions both domestically and internationally. It has four main divisions FedEx Express, Ground, Freight and Services. Two of its main competitors are United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and CH Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ: CHRW). UPS offers a wide range of services, like FedEx, while CH Robinson offers more »

  • Can These Companies Package up Tidy E-tail Profits?

    By John-Erik Koslosky - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: BMS, FDX, IP, SEE, UPS

    E-commerce sales were up by 15% in 2012, a year with overall GDP growth of under 2%. What's more, year-over-year growth in online commerce has been in the double digits in each quarter since mid-2010, according to comScore. And that trend looks to be accelerating out of the recession.

    This is the third in a series of posts that takes a look at opportunities in the growing e-tail trend more »

  • This Delivery Giant Still Looks Cheap

    By Matthew Frankel - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, IYT, UPS

    FedEx (NYSE: FDX) is a leader in guaranteed time delivery for both domestic and international package delivery, the demand for which has skyrocketed lately.  With the growing number of consumers doing their shopping online, FedEx’s revenue has nearly doubled over the past decade.  Although their stock is currently trading towards the high-end of its historic valuation at 17 times earnings, I think this is still a bargain, due to more »

  • RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT: C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE

    By Irving Harrison - March 10, 2013 | Tickers: CHRW, FDX, UPS

         Investing should be simple. Red Light, Green Light is a simple children’s game. In this game, one person plays the "stop light" and the rest try to touch him/her. The stoplight faces away from a line of kids and says “green light.” At this point the kids are allowed to move towards the stoplight. At any point, the stoplight may say "red light!" and turn around. If any more »

  • UPS Explores a New Business Path

    By Rhodora Dagatan - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, JBHT, ODFL, UPS

    United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) is headquartered at Sandy Springs, Georgia, and is in the business of global package delivery, bringing about fifteen million packages to more than six million clients around the globe. Known for its brown trucks that mimic its brown paper packages, it operates its own airline that flies out of its Louisville, Kentucky hub.

    The company was founded as the American Messenger Company in Seattle by more »

  • The Exploding Mess at TNT Express

    By Matthew Luke - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: DPSGY.PK, FDX, TNTEY, UPS

    It has been the exact opposite of a dynamite year for TNT Express (NASDAQOTH: TNTEY). Shares of Europe’s second largest (and the world’s fourth largest) package delivery company fell 50% the day UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced that they would withdraw their $7 billion bid to purchase the company. European Union anti-trust regulators indicated to UPS management that they would veto the proposed acquisition (which they officially did a few days later).

  • Still Too Many Office Supply Players

    By Reuben Brewer - February 26, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, T, COST, FDX, ODP, OMX, SPLS, UPS, VZ

    Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is buying OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) in a billion dollar deal. As soon as the rumor leaked, their shares headed higher. Assuming the deal passes regulatory approval, not a guarantee, it may be Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) that comes out the big winner, for now anyway.

    Office Stuff

    Small and medium size businesses use the same supplies as large companies, but they don't have the same buying more »

  • Can These Companies Deliver E-Tail Profits?

    By John-Erik Koslosky - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, FDX, UPS

    E-commerce is a megatrend in full swing, and investors interested in the retail sector should be exploring ways to capitalize on it.

    E-commerce sales were up by 15% in 2012, a year with overall U.S. GDP growth of 2.2%. In fact, year-over-year growth in online commerce has been in the double digits in each quarter since mid-2010, according to comScore. And that trend looks to be accelerating out more »

  • Profiting From The Post Office's Slow Decline

    By Reuben Brewer - February 14, 2013 | Tickers: FB, FDX, STMP, UPS

    The U.S. Post Office will deliver mail through snow, rain, heat, and the “gloom of night,” except, maybe on Saturdays. Looking to save money, the Post Office has for years been asking the government's permission to cancel Saturday delivery. Now, it's trying to make that money saving move without permission. Regardless, the U.S. Postal service is in decline, and you can benefit.

    Nobody Saw this Weather more »

  • 3 Long Term Buys You Must Not Miss

    By Shweta Dubey - February 14, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, KRFT, VMI

    While analyzing Gofen & Glossberg's portfolio, the most interesting thing I found was its continuous focus on long-term targets rather than gaining from short-term market movements. Gofen & Glossberg recently reported their 13F filings on Dec. 31, 2012.  The top five holdings in its portfolio are big names in their respective industries. It includes IBM, Procter & Gamble, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, and Qualcomm. Its portfolio mainly consists of tech stocks that more »

  • Transportation In the Spotlight

    By Gerelyn Terzo - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, NSC, UPS

    The United States Postal Service has made it official -- no more Saturday letter deliveries. The decision is not a total shock, as scuttlebutt about a five-day work-week been discussed for years. The USPS is expected to attain a savings of some $2 billion each year by eliminating weekend delivery of first class mail. Package deliver, however, will continue on a six-day per week basis. Were the U.S. postal service more »

  • 5 Companies Affected by Changes at USPS

    By Chris Katje - February 7, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, NFLX, STMP, TWX, UPS

    In a move seen as necessary to save it from financial ruin, the United States Postal Service has announced plans for a five-day delivery work week. The move is one that will hopefully keep the USPS from further defaulting on loans to the US government. Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahue said, “The Postal Service has a responsibility to take the steps necessary to return to long-term financial stability and ensure more »

  • Will UPS Deliver Gains in 2013?

    By Robert Ciura - February 5, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, TNTEY, UPS

    Package delivery in the United States is essentially a duopoly.  The business is dominated by two companies.  The bigger of the two, by market value, is United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS).  Smaller rival FedEx (NYSE: FDX) carries a market capitalization of roughly half of UPS.  Both stocks are trading near their 52-week highs.  Should investors take profits amid the uncertain economic landscape?  Or, on the other hand, is there still more »

  • Buy, Sell, or Hold: The Real Picture

    By Tyler Wofford - January 29, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, FDX, HGG, PNRA, SHW

    What's worse - the pain of change, or the pain of regret? I don't enjoy large amounts of change, but I hate regret. It's always a shame looking back at an investment wishing you would have bought or sold it a couple months earlier. The most frustrating part about regret is the time you lost that you can't get back. These are some companies that might require more »

  • UPS: Could Deliver Sparkling Shareholder Package

    By John Mooney - January 28, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, UPS

    I'm doing a 21st Century take on Peter Lynch '80s advice to observe what your family and friends buy at the Mall. Fast forward to 2013 where we're dropping big bucks at the virtual Mall anchored by Amazon.  Problem for a value guy is--triple digit PE large caps with thin margins don't pass our test.  So..who's delivering all this stuff?

    Its my new found buddy more »

  • This Delivery Company Is No Good

    By Ron Chatterjee - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: DPSTF, FDX, TNTEY, UPS

    United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) said Monday it will abandon a 5.2 billion Euro ($7 billion) bid for smaller Dutch parcel-delivery company TNT Express NV (NASDAQOTH: TNTEY) after encountering unexpectedly stiff objections to the deal from the European Commission.

    The acquisition would have been the biggest in UPS's 105-year history. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is due to announce its decision on Feb. 5. UPS more »

  • What Does the Breakup Mean for Logistics?

    By Mike Thiessen - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: FDX, UPS

    In the face of seemingly insurmountable regulatory hurdles and mounting frustrations among its investors, Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) has walked away from its proposed buyout of Hoofddorp, Netherlands-based logistics firm TNT Express (AMSTERDAM: TNTE). Valued at nearly $7 billion, the proposed deal would have provided UPS with a foothold in Europe as well as certain emerging markets and helped TNT compete with far larger rival DHL. The deal more »

  • A Contrarian Take on Airfreight Stocks

    By Masam Abbas - January 21, 2013 | Tickers: EXPD, FDX, UPS

    2012 was a disappointing year for most of the transportation companies. This is a norm in the recessionary times where low economic activity leads to lesser transportation of goods. Similarly, it was not an inspiring year for airfreight companies as well.

     

    United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ: EXPD) both showed miserable returns for the year. However, FedEx (NYSE: FDX) remained a hot topic among the more »