UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO__________
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
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FEDEX CORPORATION
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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ITEM 1. Financial Statements |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition |
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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
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ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
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Exhibit 101.1 Interactive Data Files Exhibit 104.1 Cover Page Interactive Data File |
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FEDEX CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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CURRENT ASSETS |
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, AT COST |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FEDEX CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
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LIABILITIES AND COMMON STOCKHOLDERS’ INVESTMENT |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES |
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Accounts payable |
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Total current liabilities |
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LONG-TERM DEBT, LESS CURRENT PORTION |
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Common stock, $ |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FEDEX CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
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Interest, net |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FEDEX CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FEDEX CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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FEDEX CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN COMMON STOCKHOLDERS’ INVESTMENT
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FEDEX CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
(1) General
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES. These interim financial statements of FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) instructions for interim financial information, and should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2023 (“Annual Report”). Significant accounting policies and other disclosures normally provided have been omitted since such items are disclosed in our Annual Report.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly our financial position as of November 30, 2023, and the results of our operations for the three- and six-month periods ended November 30, 2023 and 2022, cash flows for the six-month periods ended November 30, 2023 and 2022, and changes in common stockholders’ investment for the three- and six-month periods ended November 30, 2023 and 2022. Operating results for the three- and six-month period ended November 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending May 31, 2024.
Except as otherwise specified, references to years indicate our fiscal year ending May 31, 2024 or ended May 31 of the year referenced and comparisons are to the corresponding period of the prior year.
REVENUE RECOGNITION.
Contract Assets and Liabilities
Contract assets include billed and unbilled amounts resulting from in-transit shipments, as we have an unconditional right to payment only once all performance obligations have been completed (e.g., packages have been delivered). Contract assets are generally classified as current, and the full balance is converted each quarter based on the short-term nature of the transactions. Our contract liabilities consist of advance payments and billings in excess of revenue. The full balance of deferred revenue is converted each quarter based on the short-term nature of the transactions.
Gross contract assets related to in-transit shipments totaled $
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Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table provides revenue by service type (in millions) for the periods ended November 30. This presentation is consistent with how we organize our segments internally for making operating decisions and measuring performance.
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EMPLOYEES UNDER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ARRANGEMENTS. The pilots of Federal Express Corporation (“FedEx Express”), who are a small number of its total employees, are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (“ALPA”) and are employed under a collective bargaining agreement that took effect on November 2, 2015. The agreement became amendable in November 2021. Bargaining for a successor agreement began in May 2021, and in November 2022 the National Mediation Board, which is the U.S. governmental agency that oversees labor agreements for entities covered by the Railway Labor Act of 1926, as amended, began actively mediating the negotiations. In July 2023, FedEx Express’s pilots failed to ratify the tentative successor agreement that was approved by ALPA’s FedEx Express Master Executive Council the prior month. Bargaining for a successor agreement continues. The conduct of mediated negotiations has no effect on our operations. A small number of our other employees are members of unions.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION. We have three types of equity-based compensation: stock options, restricted stock, and, for outside directors, restricted stock units. The key terms of the stock option and restricted stock awards granted under our outstanding incentive stock plans and financial disclosures about these programs are set forth in our Annual Report. The key terms of the restricted stock units granted to our outside directors are set forth in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2023 and filed with the SEC on September 22, 2023.
Our stock-based compensation expense was $
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BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION AND REALIGNMENT COSTS. In the second quarter of 2023, FedEx announced DRIVE, a comprehensive program to improve the company’s long-term profitability. This program includes a business optimization plan to drive efficiency among our transportation segments, lower our overhead and support costs, and transform our digital capabilities. We plan to consolidate our sortation facilities and equipment, reduce pickup-and-delivery routes, and optimize our enterprise linehaul network by moving beyond discrete collaboration to an end-to-end optimized network through Network 2.0.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, we announced one FedEx, a consolidation plan to ultimately bring FedEx Express, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx Ground”), FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. (“FedEx Services”), and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corporation, becoming a single company operating a unified, fully integrated air-ground network under the respected FedEx brand. FedEx Freight, Inc. will continue to provide less-than-truckload (“LTL”) freight transportation services as a stand-alone and separate company under Federal Express Corporation. The organizational redesign will be implemented in phases with the new legal structure complete by June 2024. One FedEx will help facilitate our DRIVE transformation program to improve long-term profitability, including Network 2.0, the multi-year effort to improve the efficiency with which FedEx picks up, transports, and delivers packages in the U.S. and Canada.
We have announced the implementation of Network 2.0 in more than 20 markets, including the phased transition of all FedEx Ground operations and personnel in Canada to FedEx Express beginning in April 2024. Under Network 2.0, FedEx will continue to utilize both employee couriers and contracted service providers.
We incurred costs associated with our business optimization activities of $
In 2021, FedEx Express announced a workforce reduction plan in Europe related to the network integration of TNT Express. The plan affected approximately
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. Our risk management strategy includes the select use of derivative instruments to reduce the effects of volatility in foreign currency exchange exposure on operating results and cash flows. In accordance with our risk management policies, we do not hold or issue derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. All derivative instruments are recognized in the financial statements at fair value, regardless of the purpose or intent for holding them.
When we become a party to a derivative instrument and intend to apply hedge accounting, we formally document the hedge relationship and the risk management objective for undertaking the hedge, which includes designating the instrument for financial reporting purposes as a fair value hedge, a cash flow hedge, or a net investment hedge.
If a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness is recorded in other comprehensive income. For net investment hedges, the entire change in the fair value is recorded in other comprehensive income. Any portion of a change in the fair value of a derivative that is considered to be ineffective, along with the change in fair value of any derivatives not designated in a hedging relationship, is immediately recognized in the income statement. We do not have any derivatives designated as a cash flow hedge for any period presented. As of November 30, 2023, we had €
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SUPPLIER FINANCE PROGRAM. We offer a voluntary Supply Chain Finance (“SCF”) program through one of our financial institutions to certain of our suppliers. We agree to commercial terms with our suppliers, including prices, quantities, and payment terms, and they issue invoices to us based on the agreed-upon contractual terms. If our suppliers choose to participate in the SCF program, they determine which invoices, if any, to sell to the financial institution to receive an early discounted payment, while we settle the net payment amount with our financial institution on the payment due dates. We guarantee these payments with the financial institution.
Amounts due to our suppliers that participate in the SCF program are included in accounts payable in our consolidated balance sheets. We have been informed by the participating financial institutions that as of November 30, 2023 and May 31, 2023, suppliers have been approved to sell to them $
RECENT ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE. New accounting rules and disclosure requirements can significantly affect our reported results and the comparability of our financial statements. We believe the following new accounting guidance is relevant to the readers of our financial statements.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In September 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-04, Liabilities-Supplier Finance Programs (Topic 405-50): Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations, which requires a buyer in a supplier finance program (e.g., reverse factoring) to disclose sufficient information about the program to allow a user of financial statements to understand the program’s nature, activity during the period, changes from period to period, and potential magnitude. The amendments do not affect the recognition, measurement, or financial statement presentation of obligations covered by supplier finance programs. We adopted this standard effective
Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), and in December 2022 subsequently issued ASU 2022-06, to temporarily ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform. The standards provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying accounting principles generally accepted in the United States to existing contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform. The standards apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The standards were effective upon issuance and can generally be applied through December 31, 2024. While there has been no material effect to our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows from reference rate reform as of November 30, 2023, we continue to monitor our contracts and transactions for potential application of these ASUs.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which expands disclosures about a public entity’s reportable segments and requires more enhanced information about a reportable segment’s expenses, interim segment profit or loss, and how a public entity’s chief operating decision maker uses reported segment profit or loss information in assessing segment performance and allocating resources. The update will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 (fiscal 2025). We are assessing the effect of this update on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands disclosures in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and regarding cash taxes paid both in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The update will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 (fiscal 2026). We are assessing the effect of this update on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
EQUITY AND OTHER INVESTMENTS. Equity investments in private companies for which we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence are accounted for at cost, with adjustments for observable changes in prices or impairments, and are classified as “Other assets” on our consolidated balance sheets with adjustments recognized in “Other (expense) income, net” on our consolidated statements of income. Each reporting period, we perform a qualitative assessment to evaluate whether the investment is impaired. Our assessment includes a review of available recent operating results and trends, recent sales/acquisitions of the investee securities, and other publicly available data. If the investment is impaired, we write it down to its estimated fair value.
Equity investments that have readily determinable fair values, including investments for which we have elected the fair value option, are included in “Other assets” on our consolidated balance sheets and measured at fair value with changes recognized in “Other (expense) income, net” on our consolidated statements of income.
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During the second quarter of 2024, we purchased $
As of November 30, 2023, these investments are not material to our financial position or results of operations.
TREASURY SHARES. In December 2021, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $
During the second quarter of 2024,
During the six months ended November 30, 2023, we repurchased
Shares under the repurchase program may be repurchased from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing and volume of repurchases are at the discretion of management, based on the capital needs of the business, the market price of FedEx common stock, and general market conditions. No time limits were set for the completion of the program, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE. On
(2) Credit Losses
We are exposed to credit losses primarily through our trade receivables. We assess ability to pay for certain customers by conducting a credit review, which considers the customer’s established credit rating and our assessment of creditworthiness. We determine the allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable using a combination of specific reserves for accounts that are deemed to exhibit credit loss indicators and general reserves that are determined using loss rates based on historical write-offs by geography and recent forecast information, including underlying economic expectations. We update our estimate of credit loss reserves quarterly, considering recent write-offs, collections information, and underlying economic expectations.
Credit losses were $
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(3) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following table provides changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), net of tax, reported in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three-month periods ended November 30 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to AOCI):
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(4) Financing Arrangements
We have a shelf registration statement filed with the SEC that allows us to sell, in one or more future offerings, any combination of our unsecured debt securities and common stock and allows pass-through trusts formed by FedEx Express to sell, in one or more future offerings, pass-through certificates.
FedEx Express has issued $
We have a $
Our Credit Agreements contain a financial covenant requiring us to maintain a ratio of debt to consolidated earnings (excluding noncash retirement plans mark-to-market adjustments, noncash pension service costs, and noncash asset impairment charges) before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”) of not more than
The financial covenant discussed above is the only significant restrictive covenant in the Credit Agreements. The Credit Agreements contain other customary covenants that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially restrict the conduct of our business. We are in compliance with the financial covenant and all other covenants in the Credit Agreements and do not expect the covenants to affect our operations, including our liquidity or expected funding needs. If we failed to comply with the financial covenant or any other covenants in the Credit Agreements, our access to financing could become limited.
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Long-term debt, including current maturities and exclusive of finance leases, had carrying values of $
(5) Computation of Earnings Per Share
The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the periods ended November 30 was as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):
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(6) Retirement Plans
We sponsor programs that provide retirement benefits to most of our employees. These programs include defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, and postretirement healthcare plans. Key terms of our retirement plans are provided in our Annual Report.
Our retirement plans costs for the periods ended November 30 were as follows (in millions):
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For 2024,
(7) Business Segment Information
We provide a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services through companies competing collectively, operating collaboratively, and innovating digitally as one FedEx. Our primary operating companies are FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, a leading North American provider of small-package ground delivery services; and FedEx Freight Corporation (“FedEx Freight”), a leading North American provider of LTL freight transportation services. These companies represent our major service lines and, along with FedEx Services, constitute our reportable segments.
Our reportable segments include the following businesses:
FedEx Express Segment |
FedEx Express (express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation) |
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FedEx Custom Critical, Inc. (time-critical transportation)
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FedEx Ground Segment |
FedEx Ground (small-package ground delivery) |
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FedEx Freight (LTL freight transportation) |
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FedEx Services Segment |
FedEx Services (sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer service, technical support, billing and collection services, and back-office functions) |
In the fourth quarter of 2023, FedEx announced one FedEx, a consolidation plan to ultimately bring FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Services, and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corporation, becoming a single company operating a unified, fully integrated air-ground network under the respected FedEx brand. The organizational redesign will be implemented in phases with the new legal structure complete by June 2024. During the implementation process in 2024, each of our current reportable segments will continue to have discrete financial information that will be regularly reviewed when evaluating performance and making resource allocation decisions, and aligns with our management reporting structure and our internal financial reporting. In the first quarter of 2025 when the consolidation plan has been completed, we expect to begin reporting a new segment structure that will align with an updated management reporting structure and how management will evaluate performance and make resource allocation decisions under one FedEx.
References to our transportation segments include, collectively, the FedEx Express segment, the FedEx Ground segment, and the FedEx Freight segment.
FedEx Services Segment
The FedEx Services segment operates combined sales, marketing, administrative, and information-technology functions in shared services operations for U.S. customers of our major business units and certain back-office support to our operating segments which allows us to obtain synergies from the combination of these functions. For the international regions of FedEx Express, some of these functions are performed on a regional basis and reported by FedEx Express in their natural expense line items.
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The FedEx Services segment provides direct and indirect support to our operating segments, and we allocate all of the net operating costs of the FedEx Services segment to reflect the full cost of operating our businesses in the results of those segments. We review and evaluate the performance of our transportation segments based on operating income (inclusive of FedEx Services segment allocations). For the FedEx Services segment, performance is evaluated based on the effect of its total allocated net operating costs on our operating segments.
Operating expenses for each of our transportation segments include the allocations from the FedEx Services segment to the respective transportation segments. These allocations also include charges and credits for administrative services provided between operating companies. The allocations of net operating costs are based on metrics such as relative revenue or estimated services provided. We believe these allocations approximate the net cost of providing these functions. Our allocation methodologies are refined periodically, as necessary, to reflect changes in our businesses.
Corporate, Other, and Eliminations
Corporate and other includes corporate headquarters costs for executive officers and certain legal and finance functions, including certain other costs and credits not attributed to our core business, as well as certain costs associated with developing our “innovate digitally” strategic pillar through our FedEx Dataworks operating segment. FedEx Dataworks is focused on creating solutions to transform the digital and physical experiences of our customers and team members.
Also included in Corporate and other is the FedEx Office operating segment, which provides an array of document and business services and retail access to our customers for our package transportation businesses, and the FedEx Logistics operating segment, which provides integrated supply chain management solutions, specialty transportation, customs brokerage, and global ocean and air freight forwarding.
The results of Corporate, other, and eliminations are not allocated to the other business segments.
Certain FedEx operating companies provide transportation and related services for other FedEx companies outside their reportable segment in order to optimize our resources. Billings for such services are based on negotiated rates, which we believe approximate fair value, and are reflected as revenue of the billing segment. These rates are adjusted from time to time based on market conditions. Such intersegment revenue and expenses are eliminated in our consolidated results and are not separately identified in the following segment information because the amounts are not material.
The following table provides a reconciliation of reportable segment revenue and operating income (loss) to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statement totals for the periods ended November 30 (in millions):
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2023 |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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FedEx Express segment |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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FedEx Ground segment |
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FedEx Freight segment |
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FedEx Services segment |
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Other and eliminations |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Operating income (loss): |
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FedEx Express segment |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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FedEx Ground segment |
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FedEx Freight segment |
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Corporate, other, and eliminations |
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- 17 -
(8) Commitments
As of November 30, 2023, our purchase commitments under various contracts for the remainder of 2024 and annually thereafter were as follows (in millions):
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Aircraft and Aircraft Related |
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Other(1) |
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2024 (remainder) |
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$ |
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$ |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2027 |
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2028 |
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Thereafter |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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The amounts reflected in the table above for purchase commitments represent noncancelable agreements to purchase goods or services. Open purchase orders that are cancelable are not considered unconditional purchase obligations for financial reporting purposes and are not included in the table above.
As of November 30, 2023, we had $
|
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Cessna SkyCourier 408 |
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ATR 72-600F |
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B767F |
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B777F |
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2024 (remainder) |
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— |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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— |
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2027 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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2028 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Thereafter |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Total |
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A summary of future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating and finance leases with an initial or remaining term in excess of one year as of November 30, 2023 is as follows (in millions):
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Aircraft |
|
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Facilities |
|
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Total |
|
|
Finance Leases |
|
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Total Leases |
|
|||||
2024 (remainder) |
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$ |
|
|
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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Total lease payments |
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Less imputed interest |
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) |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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( |
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) |
Present value of lease liability |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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While certain of our lease agreements contain covenants governing the use of the leased assets or require us to maintain certain levels of insurance, none of our lease agreements include material financial covenants or limitations.
As of November 30, 2023, FedEx has entered into additional leases which have not yet commenced and are therefore not part of the right-of-use asset and liability. These leases are generally for build-to-suit facilities and have undiscounted future payments of approximately $
- 18 -
(9) Contingencies
Service Provider Lawsuits. FedEx Ground is defending lawsuits in which it is alleged that FedEx Ground should be treated as a joint employer of drivers employed by service providers engaged by FedEx Ground. These cases are in varying stages of litigation, and we are not currently able to estimate an amount or range of potential loss in all of these matters. However, we do not expect to incur, individually or in the aggregate, a material loss in these matters. Nevertheless, adverse determinations in these matters could, among other things, entitle service providers’ drivers to certain payments, including wages and penalties, from the service providers and FedEx Ground and result in employment and withholding tax and benefit liability for FedEx Ground. We continue to believe that FedEx Ground is not an employer or joint employer of the drivers of these independent businesses.
FedEx Services Employment Lawsuit. In May 2021, FedEx Services was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas related to the termination of a former FedEx Services employee. The complaint alleged race discrimination and retaliation for complaints of discrimination under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After trial, in October 2022, the jury found in favor of FedEx Services on the race discrimination claims but awarded the plaintiff compensatory damages of approximately $
FedEx believes ultimate compensatory and punitive damages and pre- and post-judgment interest up to $
FedEx Ground Negligence Lawsuit. In December 2022, FedEx Ground was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in Texas state court related to the alleged kidnapping and first-degree murder of a minor by a driver employed by a service provider engaged by FedEx Ground. The complaint alleges compensatory and punitive damages against FedEx Ground for negligent and gross negligent hiring and retention, as well as negligent entrustment. The service provider and driver are also named as defendants in the lawsuit. An immaterial loss accrual has been recorded in FedEx’s consolidated financial statements. It is reasonably possible that an additional material loss could be incurred. Given the early stage of the litigation, we cannot estimate the amount or range of such additional loss, if any.
Other Matters. FedEx and its subsidiaries are subject to other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business, including certain lawsuits containing various class-action allegations of wage-and-hour violations in which plaintiffs claim, among other things, that they were forced to work “off the clock,” were not paid overtime, or were not provided work breaks or other benefits, as well as other lawsuits containing allegations that FedEx and its subsidiaries are responsible for third-party losses related to vehicle accidents that could exceed our insurance coverage for such losses. In the opinion of management, the aggregate liability, if any, with respect to these other actions will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Environmental Matters. SEC regulations require us to disclose certain information about proceedings arising under federal, state, or local environmental provisions if we reasonably believe that such proceedings may result in monetary sanctions above a stated threshold. Pursuant to the SEC regulations, FedEx uses a threshold of $
(10) Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest expense and income taxes for the six-month periods ended November 30 was as follows (in millions):
|
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2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Cash payments for: |
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|
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|
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|
||
Interest (net of capitalized interest) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Income taxes |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Income tax refunds received |
|
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Cash tax (refunds)/payments, net |
|
$ |
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|
$ |
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||
- 19 -
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
FedEx Corporation
Results of Review of Interim Financial Statements
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of FedEx Corporation (the Company) as of November 30, 2023, the related condensed consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, and changes in common stockholders’ investment for the three- and six-month periods ended November 30, 2023 and 2022, the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended November 30, 2023 and 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “condensed consolidated interim financial statements”). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of May 31, 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in common stockholders’ investment for the year then ended, and the related notes (not presented herein); and in our report dated July 17, 2023, we expressed an unqualified audit opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of May 31, 2023, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
Basis for Review Results
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the PCAOB. We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Memphis, Tennessee
December 19, 2023
- 20 -
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition
GENERAL
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition (“MD&A”) describes the principal factors affecting the results of operations, liquidity, capital resources, and critical accounting estimates of FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”). This discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying quarterly unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2023 (“Annual Report”). Our Annual Report includes additional information about our significant accounting policies, practices, and the transactions that underlie our financial results, as well as a detailed discussion of the most significant risks and uncertainties associated with our financial condition and operating results.
We provide a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services, offering integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively, operating collaboratively, and innovating digitally as one FedEx. Our primary operating companies are Federal Express Corporation (“FedEx Express”), the world’s largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx Ground”), a leading North American provider of small-package ground delivery services; and FedEx Freight Corporation (“FedEx Freight”), a leading North American provider of less-than-truckload (“LTL”) freight transportation services. These companies represent our major service lines and, along with FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. (“FedEx Services”), constitute our reportable segments.
Our FedEx Services segment provides sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer service, technical support, billing and collection services, and certain back-office functions that support our operating segments. For the international regions of FedEx Express, some of these functions are performed on a regional basis and reported by FedEx Express in their natural expense line items. See “Reportable Segments” for further discussion. Additional information on our businesses can be found in our Annual Report.
Except as otherwise specified, references to years indicate our fiscal year ending May 31, 2024 or ended May 31 of the year referenced, and comparisons are to the corresponding period of the prior year. References to our transportation segments include, collectively, the FedEx Express segment, the FedEx Ground segment, and the FedEx Freight segment.
The key indicators necessary to understand our operating results include:
Trends Affecting Our Business
The following trends significantly affect the indicators discussed above, as well as our business and operating results. See the risk factors identified under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report, as updated by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, for more information. Additionally, see “Results of Operations – Consolidated Results – Business Optimization and Realignment Costs and – Outlook” and “Financial Condition – Liquidity Outlook” below for additional information on efforts we are taking to mitigate adverse trends.
Macroeconomic Conditions
While macroeconomic risks apply to most companies, we are particularly vulnerable. The transportation industry is highly cyclical and especially susceptible to trends in economic activity. Our primary business is to transport goods, so our business levels are directly tied to the purchase and production of goods and the rate of global trade growth. Our results for the second quarter and first half of 2024 were negatively affected by continued weak global economic conditions.
- 21 -
Inflation and Interest Rates
During the second quarter and first half of 2024, global inflation decelerated year over year but continues to be above historical levels. Additionally, global interest rates continued to rise in an effort to curb inflation. We are experiencing a decline in demand for our transportation services as elevated inflation and interest rates are negatively affecting consumer and business spending. We expect inflation and high interest rates to continue to negatively affect our results of operations for the remainder of 2024.
Fuel
We must purchase large quantities of fuel to operate our aircraft and vehicles, and the price and availability of fuel is beyond our control and can be highly volatile. The timing and amount of fluctuations in fuel prices and our ability to recover incremental fuel costs through our fuel surcharges can significantly affect our operating results either positively or negatively in the short-term. Lower fuel prices negatively affected yields through lower fuel surcharges and drove a decrease in fuel expense during the second quarter and first half of 2024 at all of our transportation segments.
Geopolitical Conflicts
Given the nature of our global operations, geopolitical conflicts may adversely affect our business and results of operations. While we do not expect ongoing geopolitical conflicts to have a direct material effect on our business or results of operations, the broader consequences are adversely affecting the global economy and may also have the effect of heightening other risks disclosed in our Annual Report.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Many of our operating expenses are directly affected by revenue and volume levels, and we expect these operating expenses to fluctuate on a year-over-year basis consistent with changes in revenue and volumes. Therefore, the discussion of operating expense captions focuses on the key drivers and trends affecting expenses other than those factors strictly related to changes in revenue and volumes. The line item “Other operating expense” includes costs associated with outside service contracts (such as temporary labor, security, and facility services and cargo handling), insurance, professional fees, and operational supplies.
- 22 -
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
The following tables compare summary operating results and changes in revenue and operating results (dollars in millions, except per share amounts) for the periods ended November 30:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
22,165 |
|
|
$ |
22,814 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
$ |
43,846 |
|
|
$ |
46,056 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
Operating income (loss): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
FedEx Express segment |
|
|
137 |
|
|
|
341 |
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
|
342 |
|
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
FedEx Ground segment |
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
598 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
|
2,003 |
|
|
|
1,292 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
FedEx Freight segment |
|
|
487 |
|
|
|
440 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
968 |
|
|
|
1,091 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
Corporate, other, and eliminations |
|
|
(248 |
) |
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
(552 |
) |
|
|
(531 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
Consolidated operating income |
|
|
1,276 |
|
|
|
1,176 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
2,761 |
|
|
|
2,367 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
Operating margin: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
FedEx Express segment |
|
|
1.3 |
% |
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
|
(180 |
) |
bp |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
2.3 |
% |
|
|
(60 |
) |
bp |
FedEx Ground segment |
|
|
10.4 |
% |
|
|
7.1 |
% |
|
|
330 |
|
bp |
|
|
11.7 |
% |
|
|
7.8 |
% |
|
|
390 |
|
bp |
FedEx Freight segment |
|
|
20.6 |
% |
|
|
17.9 |
% |
|
|
270 |
|
bp |
|
|
20.8 |
% |
|
|
21.1 |
% |
|
|
(30 |
) |
bp |
Consolidated operating margin |
|
|
5.8 |
% |
|
|
5.2 |
% |
|
|
60 |
|
bp |
|
|
6.3 |
% |
|
|
5.1 |
% |
|
|
120 |
|
bp |
Consolidated net income |
|
$ |
900 |
|
|
$ |
788 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,978 |
|
|
$ |
1,663 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
$ |
3.55 |
|
|
$ |
3.07 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
$ |
7.79 |
|
|
$ |
6.41 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
Year-over-Year Changes |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
Operating Results |
|
||||||||||
|
|
Three Months |
|
|
Six Months |
|
|
Three Months |
|
|
Six Months |
|
||||
FedEx Express segment |
|
$ |
(610 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,652 |
) |
|
$ |
(204 |
) |
|
$ |
(173 |
) |
FedEx Ground segment |
|
|
246 |
|
|
|
506 |
|
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
711 |
|
FedEx Freight segment |
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
(526 |
) |
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
(123 |
) |
FedEx Services segment |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Corporate, other, and eliminations |
|
|
(188 |
) |
|
|
(537 |
) |
|
|
(45 |
) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(649 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,210 |
) |
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
$ |
394 |
|
Overview
Operating income improved 9% in the second quarter and 17% in the first half of 2024 due to execution of our DRIVE program initiatives and our continued focus on revenue quality, partially offset by reduced demand, driven by challenging macroeconomic conditions, and lower fuel surcharges. Our DRIVE initiatives included increasing linehaul efficiencies and improving dock productivity at FedEx Ground, as well as optimizing the air network at FedEx Express through structural flight takedowns, improving hub sort efficiency, and international route optimization.
Operating income includes expenses of $145 million ($110 million, net of tax, or $0.44 per diluted share) in the second quarter and $250 million ($191 million, net of tax, or $0.75 per diluted share) in the first half of 2024 associated with our business optimization strategy announced in 2023. We recognized $36 million ($27 million, net of tax, or $0.11 per diluted share) in the second quarter and $60 million ($46 million, net of tax, or $0.18 per diluted share) in the first half of 2023 under this program. Operating income includes business realignment costs of $14 million ($11 million, net of tax, or $0.04 per diluted share) in the first half of 2023 associated with our workforce reduction plan in Europe previously announced in 2021. No business realignment costs were incurred in the second quarter of 2023. See the “Business Optimization and Realignment Costs” section of this MD&A for more information.
In December 2021, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $5 billion of FedEx common stock. As part of the repurchase program, we completed an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with a bank during the second quarter of 2024 to repurchase an aggregate of $500 million of our common stock. During the six months ended November 30, 2023, we repurchased 3.9 million shares of FedEx common stock under ASR agreements at an average price of $256.33 per share for a total of $1.0 billion. Share repurchases had a benefit of $0.05 per diluted share for the second quarter and $0.07 per diluted share for the first half of 2024. See Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, “Financial Condition – Liquidity and – Liquidity Outlook” below, and Part II, Item 2. “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds” of this Form 10-Q for additional information on our repurchase program.
- 23 -
The following graphs for FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Freight show selected volume trends (in thousands) over the five most recent quarters:
- 24 -
The following graphs for FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Freight show selected yield trends over the five most recent quarters:
- 25 -
Revenue
Revenue decreased 3% in the second quarter and 5% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower fuel surcharges at all of our transportation segments and volume declines at FedEx Express and FedEx Freight, partially offset by base yield improvement at FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight.
FedEx Express revenue decreased 6% in the second quarter and 8% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower volume, lower fuel surcharges, reduced demand surcharges, and unfavorable international service mix. Revenue at Corporate, other, and eliminations decreased during the second quarter and first half of 2024 primarily due to lower yields at FedEx Logistics, Inc. (“FedEx Logistics”). FedEx Freight revenue decreased 4% in the second quarter and 10% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower shipments, fuel surcharges, and weight per shipment, partially offset by base yield improvement. FedEx Ground revenue increased 3% during the second quarter and first half of 2024 primarily due to base yield improvement and higher volumes, partially offset by lower fuel surcharges.
Operating Expenses
The following table compares operating expenses expressed as dollar amounts (in millions) and as a percent of revenue for the periods ended November 30:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
||||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
$ |
7,833 |
|
|
$ |
7,792 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
15,618 |
|
|
$ |
15,651 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Purchased transportation |
|
|
5,395 |
|
|
|
5,665 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
10,431 |
|
|
|
11,432 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
Rentals and landing fees |
|
|
1,138 |
|
|
|
1,195 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
2,289 |
|
|
|
2,354 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
1,040 |
|
|
|
1,046 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
2,111 |
|
|
|
2,070 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Fuel |
|
|
1,328 |
|
|
|
1,593 |
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
2,429 |
|
|
|
3,415 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
854 |
|
|
|
882 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
1,678 |
|
|
|
1,786 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Business optimization and realignment costs |
|
|
145 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
303 |
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
74 |
|
|
|
238 |
|
Other |
|
|
3,156 |
|
|
|
3,429 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
6,279 |
|
|
|
6,907 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
Total operating expenses |
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
21,638 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
41,085 |
|
|
|
43,689 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Operating income |
|
$ |
1,276 |
|
|
$ |
1,176 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
$ |
2,761 |
|
|
$ |
2,367 |
|
|
$ |
17 |
|
|
|
Percent of Revenue |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
35.3 |
% |
|
|
34.1 |
% |
|
|
35.6 |
% |
|
|
34.0 |
% |
Purchased transportation |
|
|
24.3 |
|
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
|
23.8 |
|
|
|
24.8 |
|
Rentals and landing fees |
|
|
5.1 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
5.1 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
Fuel |
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
5.6 |
|
|
|
7.4 |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
3.9 |
|
Business optimization and realignment costs |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
Other |
|
|
14.2 |
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
|
14.3 |
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
94.2 |
|
|
|
94.8 |
|
|
|
93.7 |
|
|
|
94.9 |
|
Operating margin |
|
|
5.8 |
% |
|
|
5.2 |
% |
|
|
6.3 |
% |
|
|
5.1 |
% |
Operating income increased 9% in the second quarter and 17% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to our DRIVE program initiatives and base yield improvements at FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight, partially offset by lower volumes at FedEx Freight and FedEx Express, driven primarily by challenging macroeconomic conditions, and lower fuel surcharges.
Purchased transportation decreased 5% in the second quarter and 9% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower volumes and fuel prices, and a shift from third-party over-the-road transportation to rail usage. Fuel expense decreased 17% in the second quarter and 29% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower fuel prices and usage. Other operating expenses decreased 8% in the second quarter and 9% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower bad debt expense and outside service contracts expense. Maintenance and repairs decreased 3% in the second quarter and 6% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower aircraft maintenance resulting from an increase in temporarily parked aircraft.
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Business Optimization and Realignment Costs
In the second quarter of 2023, FedEx announced DRIVE, a comprehensive program to improve the company’s long-term profitability. This program includes a business optimization plan to drive efficiency among our transportation segments, lower our overhead and support costs, and transform our digital capabilities. We plan to consolidate our sortation facilities and equipment, reduce pickup-and-delivery routes, and optimize our enterprise linehaul network by moving beyond discrete collaboration to an end-to-end optimized network through Network 2.0.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, we announced one FedEx, a consolidation plan to ultimately bring FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Services, and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corporation, becoming a single company operating a unified, fully integrated air-ground network under the respected FedEx brand. FedEx Freight, Inc. will continue to provide LTL freight transportation services as a stand-alone and separate company under Federal Express Corporation. The organizational redesign will be implemented in phases with the new legal structure complete by June 2024. One FedEx will help facilitate our DRIVE transformation program to improve long-term profitability, including Network 2.0, the multi-year effort to improve the efficiency with which FedEx picks up, transports, and delivers packages in the U.S. and Canada.
We have announced the implementation of Network 2.0 in more than 20 markets, including the phased transition of all FedEx Ground operations and personnel in Canada to FedEx Express beginning in April 2024. Under Network 2.0, FedEx will continue to utilize both employee couriers and contracted service providers.
We incurred costs associated with our business optimization activities of $145 million ($110 million, net of tax, or $0.44 per diluted share) in the second quarter and $250 million ($191 million, net of tax, or $0.75 per diluted share) in the first half of 2024. These costs were primarily related to professional services and severance. We recognized $36 million ($27 million, net of tax, or $0.11 per diluted share) in the second quarter, including idling our operations in Russia, and $60 million ($46 million, net of tax, or $0.18 per diluted share) in the first half of 2023 under this program. These costs were primarily related to consulting services. Business optimization costs are included in Corporate, other, and eliminations, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Express. The identification of these costs as business optimization-related expenditures is subject to our disclosure controls and procedures. We expect the pre-tax cost of our business optimization activities to be approximately $550 million in 2024 and approximately $2.0 billion through 2025. The timing and amount of our business optimization expenses may change as we revise and implement our plans.
In 2021, FedEx Express announced a workforce reduction plan in Europe related to the network integration of TNT Express. The plan affected approximately 5,000 employees in Europe across operational teams and back-office functions and was completed during 2023. No business realignment costs were incurred in the second quarter of 2023. We incurred costs associated with our business realignment activities of $14 million ($11 million, net of tax, or $0.04 per diluted share) in the first half of 2023. These costs were related to certain employee severance arrangements. The pre-tax cost of our business realignment activities through 2023 was approximately $430 million.
Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate was 25.1% for the second quarter and 24.6% for the first half of 2024, compared to 25.6% for the second quarter and 24.9% for the first half of 2023. The 2024 tax rates were favorably affected by an increase in consolidated earnings, primarily in the U.S.
We are subject to taxation in the U.S. and various U.S. state, local, and foreign jurisdictions. We are currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for the 2016 through 2019 tax years. It is reasonably possible that certain income tax return proceedings will be completed during the next 12 months and could result in a change in our balance of unrecognized tax benefits. However, we believe we have recorded adequate amounts of tax, including interest and penalties, for any adjustments expected to occur.
During 2021, we filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee challenging the validity of a tax regulation related to the one-time transition tax on unrepatriated foreign earnings, which was enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). Our lawsuit seeks to have the court declare this regulation invalid and order the refund of overpayments of U.S. federal income taxes for 2018 and 2019 attributable to the denial of foreign tax credits under the regulation. We have recorded a cumulative benefit of $226 million through the second quarter of 2024 attributable to our interpretation of the TCJA and the Internal Revenue Code. In March 2023, the District Court ruled that the regulation is invalid and contradicts the plain terms of the tax code. We continue to work towards obtaining a final judgment for the applicable refund amounts due to the regulation being invalid. Once the District Court enters a final judgment, the U.S. government could file an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. If we are ultimately unsuccessful in defending our position, we may be required to reverse the benefit previously recorded.
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Outlook
In the remainder of 2024, we expect revenue will continue to be pressured by volatile macroeconomic conditions negatively affecting customer demand for our services across our transportation companies. At FedEx Express, we expect a continued shift in service mix to negatively affect revenue and operating income in 2024.
Operating income is expected to improve in the remainder of the year as a result of our DRIVE program initiatives focused on aligning our cost base with demand, reducing our permanent cost structure, and increasing the flexibility of our network. We will also continue to execute on our revenue quality strategy to mitigate yield pressures through surcharge management and optimizing our customer and service mix. We expect the benefits from DRIVE and revenue quality initiatives to be partially offset by the effect of macroeconomic pressures on revenue, as well as expense headwinds related to higher global inflation and variable incentive compensation.
See the “Business Optimization and Realignment Costs” section of this MD&A for additional information.
Our capital expenditures for 2024 are expected to be approximately $5.7 billion, a decrease of $0.5 billion from 2023, as we continue to reduce our capital intensity relative to revenue. We expect lower aircraft spend and reduced investments in capacity projects to be partially offset by investments to optimize our networks and modernize our facilities.
We will continue to evaluate our investments in critical long-term strategic projects to ensure our capital expenditures are expected to generate high returns on investment and are balanced with our outlook for global economic conditions. For additional details on key 2024 capital projects, refer to the “Financial Condition – Capital Resources” and “Financial Condition – Liquidity Outlook” sections of this MD&A.
The uncertainty of a slowdown in the global economy, global inflation, geopolitical challenges, and the effect these factors will have on the rate of growth of global trade, supply chains, fuel prices, and our business in particular, make any expectations for the remainder of 2024 inherently less certain. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for more information.
See the “Trends Affecting Our Business,” “Critical Accounting Estimates,” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections of this MD&A for additional information.
RECENT ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE
See Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting guidance.
- 28 -
REPORTABLE SEGMENTS
FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Freight represent our major service lines and, along with FedEx Services, constitute our reportable segments. Our reportable segments include the following businesses:
FedEx Express Segment |
FedEx Express (express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation) |
|
FedEx Custom Critical, Inc. (time-critical transportation) |
|
|
FedEx Ground Segment |
FedEx Ground (small-package ground delivery) |
|
|
FedEx Freight Segment |
FedEx Freight (LTL freight transportation) |
|
|
FedEx Services Segment |
FedEx Services (sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer service, technical support, billing and collection services, and back-office functions) |
In the fourth quarter of 2023, FedEx announced one FedEx, a consolidation plan to ultimately bring FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Services, and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corporation, becoming a single company operating a unified, fully integrated air-ground network under the respected FedEx brand. The organizational redesign will be implemented in phases with the new legal structure complete by June 2024. During the implementation process in 2024, each of our current reportable segments will continue to have discrete financial information that will be regularly reviewed when evaluating performance and making resource allocation decisions, and aligns with our management reporting structure and our internal financial reporting. In the first quarter of 2025, when the consolidation plan has been completed, we expect to begin reporting a new segment structure that will align with an updated management reporting structure and how management will evaluate performance and make resource allocation decisions under one FedEx.
FEDEX SERVICES SEGMENT
The FedEx Services segment provides direct and indirect support to our operating segments, and we allocate all of the net operating costs of the FedEx Services segment to reflect the full cost of operating our businesses in the results of those segments. We review and evaluate the performance of our transportation segments based on operating income (inclusive of FedEx Services segment allocations). For the FedEx Services segment, performance is evaluated based on the effect of its total allocated net operating costs on our operating segments.
Operating expenses for each of our transportation segments include the allocations from the FedEx Services segment to the respective transportation segments. These allocations include charges and credits for administrative services provided between operating companies. The allocations of net operating costs are based on metrics such as relative revenue or estimated services provided. We believe these allocations approximate the net cost of providing these functions. Our allocation methodologies are refined periodically, as necessary, to reflect changes in our businesses.
CORPORATE, OTHER, AND ELIMINATIONS
Corporate and other includes corporate headquarters costs for executive officers and certain legal and finance functions, including certain other costs and credits not attributed to our core business, as well as certain costs associated with developing our “innovate digitally” strategic pillar through our FedEx Dataworks, Inc. (“FedEx Dataworks”) operating segment. FedEx Dataworks is focused on creating solutions to transform the digital and physical experiences of our customers and team members.
Also included in Corporate and other are the FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. (“FedEx Office”) operating segment, which provides an array of document and business services and retail access to our customers for our package transportation businesses, and the FedEx Logistics operating segment, which provides integrated supply chain management solutions, specialty transportation, customs brokerage, and global ocean and air freight forwarding.
The results of Corporate, other, and eliminations are not allocated to the other business segments.
- 29 -
Operating results in Corporate, other, and eliminations declined in the second quarter and first half of 2024. The decline in operating results in the second quarter of 2024 was primarily due to increased business optimization expenses at FedEx Corporate and a decline in operating results at FedEx Logistics, primarily driven by decreased revenue partially offset by lower operating expenses. The lower operating expenses at FedEx Logistics were primarily due to lower purchased transportation, salaries and employee benefits, and outside service contracts expense. The decrease in operating results in the first half of 2024 was primarily due to increased business optimization expenses at FedEx Corporate, partially offset by improved operating results at FedEx Logistics and FedEx Office. The improved operating results at FedEx Logistics were primarily due to lower purchased transportation, bad debt, outside service contracts, and salaries and employee benefits expense, which more than offset decreased revenue. The improved operating results at FedEx Office were primarily due to lower salaries and employee benefits expense, which more than offset decreased revenue.
Certain FedEx operating companies provide transportation and related services for other FedEx companies outside their reportable segment in order to optimize our resources. For example, during the second quarter and first half of 2024 FedEx Ground provided delivery support for certain FedEx Express packages as part of our last-mile optimization efforts, and FedEx Freight provided road and intermodal support for both FedEx Ground and FedEx Express. In addition, FedEx Express is working with FedEx Logistics to secure air charters and other cargo space for U.S. customers. Billings for such services are based on negotiated rates, which we believe approximate fair value, and are reflected as revenue of the billing segment. These rates are adjusted from time to time based on market conditions. Such intersegment revenue and expenses are eliminated in our consolidated results and are not separately identified in the following segment information because the amounts are not material.
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FEDEX EXPRESS SEGMENT
FedEx Express offers a wide range of U.S. domestic and international shipping services for delivery of packages and freight including priority, deferred, and economy services, which provide delivery on a time-definite or day-definite basis. The following table compares revenue, operating expenses, operating income (dollars in millions), operating margin, and operating expenses as a percent of revenue for the periods ended November 30:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
||||||
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Package: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
U.S. overnight box |
|
$ |
2,158 |
|
|
$ |
2,237 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
$ |
4,346 |
|
|
|
4,553 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
U.S. overnight envelope |
|
|
447 |
|
|
|
474 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
932 |
|
|
|
999 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
U.S. deferred |
|
|
1,208 |
|
|
|
1,253 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
2,395 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Total U.S. domestic package revenue |
|
|
3,813 |
|
|
|
3,964 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
7,673 |
|
|
|
8,092 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
International priority |
|
|
2,390 |
|
|
|
2,823 |
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
4,717 |
|
|
|
5,720 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
International economy |
|
|
1,088 |
|
|
|
711 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
2,109 |
|
|
|
1,418 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
Total international export package revenue |
|
|
3,478 |
|
|
|
3,534 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
6,826 |
|
|
|
7,138 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
International domestic(1) |
|
|
1,086 |
|
|
|
1,036 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
2,110 |
|
|
|
2,010 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Total package revenue |
|
|
8,377 |
|
|
|
8,534 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
16,609 |
|
|
|
17,240 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
Freight: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
U.S. |
|
|
584 |
|
|
|
784 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
1,166 |
|
|
|
1,580 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
International priority |
|
|
569 |
|
|
|
811 |
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
1,122 |
|
|
|
1,699 |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
International economy |
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
388 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
847 |
|
|
|
765 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
International airfreight |
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
Total freight revenue |
|
|
1,604 |
|
|
|
2,022 |
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
3,196 |
|
|
|
4,124 |
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
Other |
|
|
273 |
|
|
|
308 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
627 |
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
Total revenue |
|
|
10,254 |
|
|
|
10,864 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
20,339 |
|
|
|
21,991 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
3,964 |
|
|
|
3,938 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
7,947 |
|
|
|
7,988 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
Purchased transportation |
|
|
1,458 |
|
|
|
1,432 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
2,832 |
|
|
|
2,910 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
Rentals and landing fees |
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
586 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
1,051 |
|
|
|
1,163 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
542 |
|
|
|
520 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
1,080 |
|
|
|
1,033 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Fuel |
|
|
1,155 |
|
|
|
1,372 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
2,109 |
|
|
|
2,956 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
990 |
|
|
|
1,096 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Business optimization and realignment costs |
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
273 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
Intercompany charges |
|
|
469 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
961 |
|
|
|
961 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Other |
|
|
1,479 |
|
|
|
1,653 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
2,976 |
|
|
|
3,344 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
10,117 |
|
|
|
10,523 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
19,997 |
|
|
|
21,476 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
Operating income |
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
$ |
341 |
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
$ |
342 |
|
|
$ |
515 |
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
Operating margin |
|
|
1.3 |
% |
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
|
(180 |
) |
bp |
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
2.3 |
% |
|
|
(60 |
) |
bp |
|
|
Percent of Revenue |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
38.7 |
% |
|
|
36.3 |
% |
|
|
39.1 |
% |
|
|
36.3 |
% |
Purchased transportation |
|
|
14.2 |
|
|
|
13.2 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
|
|
|
13.2 |
|
Rentals and landing fees |
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
5.3 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
5.3 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
5.3 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
Fuel |
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
|
12.6 |
|
|
|
10.4 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
Business optimization and realignment costs |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Intercompany charges |
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
Other |
|
|
14.4 |
|
|
|
15.2 |
|
|
|
14.6 |
|
|
|
15.2 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
98.7 |
|
|
|
96.9 |
|
|
|
98.3 |
|
|
|
97.7 |
|
Operating margin |
|
|
1.3 |
% |
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
2.3 |
% |
- 31 -
The following table compares selected statistics (in thousands, except yield amounts) for the periods ended November 30:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
||||||
Package Statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Average daily package volume (ADV): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
U.S. overnight box |
|
|
1,245 |
|
|
|
1,283 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
1,236 |
|
|
|
1,284 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
U.S. overnight envelope |
|
|
431 |
|
|
|
458 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
471 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
U.S. deferred |
|
|
1,009 |
|
|
|
1,042 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
989 |
|
|
|
1,057 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Total U.S. domestic ADV |
|
|
2,685 |
|
|
|
2,783 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
2,667 |
|
|
|
2,812 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
International priority |
|
|
673 |
|
|
|
736 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
666 |
|
|
|
718 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
International economy |
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
353 |
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Total international export ADV |
|
|
1,046 |
|
|
|
1,021 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1,019 |
|
|
|
990 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
International domestic(1) |
|
|
1,907 |
|
|
|
1,950 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
1,823 |
|
|
|
1,826 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total ADV |
|
|
5,638 |
|
|
|
5,754 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
5,509 |
|
|
|
5,628 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
Revenue per package (yield): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
U.S. overnight box |
|
$ |
27.50 |
|
|
$ |
27.69 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
27.47 |
|
|
$ |
27.71 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
U.S. overnight envelope |
|
|
16.48 |
|
|
|
16.44 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
16.49 |
|
|
|
16.55 |
|
|
|
— |
|
U.S. deferred |
|
|
19.02 |
|
|
|
19.06 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
18.92 |
|
|
|
18.77 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
U.S. domestic composite |
|
|
22.55 |
|
|
|
22.61 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
22.48 |
|
|
|
22.48 |
|
|
|
— |
|
International priority |
|
|
56.36 |
|
|
|
60.87 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
55.37 |
|
|
|
62.28 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
International economy |
|
|
46.27 |
|
|
|
39.58 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
46.69 |
|
|
|
40.66 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
International export composite |
|
|
52.76 |
|
|
|
54.93 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
52.36 |
|
|
|
56.33 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
International domestic(1) |
|
|
9.03 |
|
|
|
8.43 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
9.04 |
|
|
|
8.60 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Composite package yield |
|
$ |
23.58 |
|
|
$ |
23.54 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
23.56 |
|
|
$ |
23.93 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
Freight Statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Average daily freight pounds: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
U.S. |
|
|
5,681 |
|
|
|
7,503 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
5,497 |
|
|
|
7,406 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
International priority |
|
|
4,472 |
|
|
|
5,757 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
4,431 |
|
|
|
5,902 |
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
International economy |
|
|
10,350 |
|
|
|
11,668 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
10,001 |
|
|
|
10,928 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
International airfreight |
|
|
698 |
|
|
|
948 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
701 |
|
|
|
952 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
Total average daily freight pounds |
|
|
21,201 |
|
|
|
25,876 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
20,630 |
|
|
|
25,188 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Revenue per pound (yield): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
U.S. |
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
|
$ |
1.66 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
$ |
1.66 |
|
|
$ |
1.67 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
International priority |
|
|
2.02 |
|
|
|
2.24 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
1.98 |
|
|
|
2.25 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
International economy |
|
|
0.65 |
|
|
|
0.53 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
0.66 |
|
|
|
0.55 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
International airfreight |
|
|
0.65 |
|
|
|
0.65 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.68 |
|
|
|
0.66 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Composite freight yield |
|
$ |
1.20 |
|
|
$ |
1.24 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
$ |
1.28 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
- 32 -
FedEx Express Segment Revenue
FedEx Express segment revenue decreased 6% in the second quarter and 8% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to volume declines, lower fuel surcharges, reduced demand surcharges, and a decline in international package and freight base yields, partially offset by favorable exchange rates.
Global average daily freight pounds decreased 18% in the second quarter and the first half of 2024 primarily as a result of weak macroeconomic conditions as well as lower volume from the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. domestic average daily package volumes declined 4% in the second quarter and 5% in the first half of 2024 as macroeconomic factors led to reduced demand for our services. These declines were partially offset by an increase in international export package volume of 2% in the second quarter and 3% in the first half of 2024.
Lower fuel surcharges had a significant negative effect on yield across all package and freight services during the second quarter and first half of 2024. In addition, international export composite package yield decreased 4% in the second quarter and 7% in the first half of 2024 driven by reduced demand surcharges, a larger mix of e-commerce volume, and an increase in lower-yielding deferred volume related to the full reopening of the international economy service. Composite freight yield decreased 3% in the second quarter and 5% in the first half of 2024 due to reduced demand surcharges and an increased mix of deferred freight, also driven by the reopening of international economy service. Favorable currency exchange rates positively affected all international package and freight yields.
FedEx Express Segment Operating Income
FedEx Express segment operating income decreased 60% in the second quarter and 34% in the first half of 2024 due to reduced revenue, partially offset by operating expense improvements resulting from lower volumes, as well as DRIVE initiatives which drove a reduction in our permanent cost structure. These initiatives include optimizing the air network and improving hub sort efficiency and international pickup-and-delivery route optimization.
Fuel expense decreased 16% in the second quarter and 29% in the first half of 2024 due to decreases in fuel prices and total fuel gallons. Other operating expense decreased 11% in the second quarter and the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower bad debt expense and lower outside service contracts expense resulting from a decrease in temporary labor usage, partially offset by unfavorable currency exchange rates. Rentals and landing fees decreased 12% in the second quarter and 10% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to fewer aircraft leases. Maintenance and repairs decreased 7% in the second quarter and 10% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower aircraft maintenance resulting from an increase in aircraft temporarily parked. Purchased transportation increased 2% in the second quarter primarily due to unfavorable currency exchange rates. Purchased transportation decreased 3% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower volume, partially offset by unfavorable currency exchange rates. Salaries and employee benefits expense increased 1% in the second quarter primarily due to higher wage rates, increased variable incentive compensation, and unfavorable currency exchange rates, partially offset by decreased staffing to align with lower volume.
FedEx Express segment results include business optimization costs of $41 million in the second quarter and $51 million in the first half of 2024 associated with our plan to drive efficiency and lower our overhead and support costs. Additionally, FedEx Express segment results include business optimization costs of $11 million in the second quarter and first half of 2023, which includes costs associated with idling our business in Russia.
We incurred costs associated with our business realignment activities of $14 million in the first half of 2023 associated with our workforce reduction plan in Europe. No business realignment costs were incurred in the second quarter of 2023.
During the first quarter of 2024, FedEx Express’s pilots failed to ratify the tentative successor agreement that was approved by the Air Line Pilots Association, International’s FedEx Express Master Executive Council in June 2023. Bargaining for a successor agreement continues. The conduct of mediated negotiations has no effect on our operations. See Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
- 33 -
FEDEX GROUND SEGMENT
FedEx Ground service offerings include day-certain delivery to businesses in the U.S. and Canada and to 100% of U.S. residences. The following table compares revenue, operating expenses, operating income (dollars in millions), operating margin, selected package statistics (in thousands, except yield amounts), and operating expenses as a percent of revenue for the periods ended November 30:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
8,639 |
|
|
$ |
8,393 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
$ |
17,059 |
|
|
$ |
16,553 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
1,739 |
|
|
|
1,727 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
3,406 |
|
|
|
3,364 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Purchased transportation |
|
|
3,682 |
|
|
|
3,828 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
7,109 |
|
|
|
7,541 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Rentals |
|
|
433 |
|
|
|
414 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
856 |
|
|
|
804 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
249 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
495 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
Fuel |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
162 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
332 |
|
|
|
317 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Business optimization and realignment costs |
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
||
Intercompany charges |
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
493 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
997 |
|
|
|
983 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Other |
|
|
899 |
|
|
|
912 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
1,735 |
|
|
|
1,738 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
7,739 |
|
|
|
7,795 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
15,056 |
|
|
|
15,261 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
Operating income |
|
$ |
900 |
|
|
$ |
598 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
$ |
2,003 |
|
|
$ |
1,292 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
Operating margin |
|
|
10.4 |
% |
|
|
7.1 |
% |
|
|
330 |
|
bp |
|
11.7 |
% |
|
|
7.8 |
% |
|
|
390 |
|
bp |
Average daily package volume (ADV)(1): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Ground commercial |
|
|
4,609 |
|
|
|
4,523 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
4,543 |
|
|
|
4,445 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Home delivery |
|
|
4,076 |
|
|
|
4,084 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,960 |
|
|
|
3,997 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
Economy |
|
|
874 |
|
|
|
828 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
804 |
|
|
|
778 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Total ADV |
|
|
9,559 |
|
|
|
9,435 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
9,307 |
|
|
|
9,220 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Revenue per package (yield) |
|
$ |
11.69 |
|
|
$ |
11.55 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
11.74 |
|
|
$ |
11.52 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Percent of Revenue |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
20.2 |
% |
|
|
20.6 |
% |
|
|
20.0 |
% |
|
|
20.3 |
% |
Purchased transportation |
|
|
42.6 |
|
|
|
45.6 |
|
|
|
41.7 |
|
|
|
45.6 |
|
Rentals |
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
Fuel |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
Business optimization and realignment costs |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Intercompany charges |
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
Other |
|
|
10.4 |
|
|
|
10.9 |
|
|
|
10.2 |
|
|
|
10.5 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
89.6 |
|
|
|
92.9 |
|
|
|
88.3 |
|
|
|
92.2 |
|
Operating margin |
|
|
10.4 |
% |
|
|
7.1 |
% |
|
|
11.7 |
% |
|
|
7.8 |
% |
FedEx Ground Segment Revenue
FedEx Ground segment revenue increased 3% in the second quarter and the first half of 2024 primarily due to yield improvement and higher volumes. FedEx Ground yield increased 1% in the second quarter and 2% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to base yield improvement, partially offset by lower fuel surcharges. Total average daily volume increased 1% in the second quarter and the first half of 2024 primarily due to increased demand for our commercial services related to changing market conditions.
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FedEx Ground Segment Operating Income
FedEx Ground segment operating income increased 51% in the second quarter and 55% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to yield improvement, lower purchased transportation expense, and higher volumes. We lowered our costs in the second quarter and first half of 2024 through DRIVE initiatives focused on increasing linehaul efficiencies and improving dock productivity. In addition, we also continued to realize benefits from consolidated sort operations and reduced Sunday deliveries during the first half of 2024.
Purchased transportation expense decreased 4% in the second quarter and 6% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower fuel prices and a shift to increased third-party rail usage, partially offset by higher volume. Depreciation and rentals expense increased 12% and 5%, respectively, in the second quarter and 12% and 6%, respectively, in the first half of 2024 primarily due to the completion of previously committed multi-year expansion projects. Salaries and employee benefits expense increased 1% in the second quarter and the first half of 2024 primarily due to higher wage rates, increased variable incentive compensation, and increased staffing to align with volume levels, partially offset by an increase in productivity.
FedEx Ground segment results include business optimization costs of $36 million in the second quarter and $53 million in the first half of 2024 associated with our plan to drive efficiency and lower our overhead and support costs.
FEDEX FREIGHT SEGMENT
FedEx Freight LTL service offerings include priority services when speed is critical and economy services when time can be traded for savings. The following table compares revenue, operating expenses, operating income (dollars in millions), operating margin, selected statistics, and operating expenses as a percent of revenue for the periods ended November 30:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
2,360 |
|
|
$ |
2,454 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
$ |
4,651 |
|
|
$ |
5,177 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
1,007 |
|
|
|
1,039 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
1,980 |
|
|
|
2,098 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Purchased transportation |
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
187 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
312 |
|
|
|
408 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
Rentals |
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
131 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Fuel |
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
211 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
303 |
|
|
|
439 |
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
93 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Intercompany charges |
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
265 |
|
|
|
262 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Other |
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
190 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
331 |
|
|
|
371 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
1,873 |
|
|
|
2,014 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
3,683 |
|
|
|
4,086 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Operating income |
|
$ |
487 |
|
|
$ |
440 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
$ |
968 |
|
|
$ |
1,091 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
Operating margin |
|
|
20.6 |
% |
|
|
17.9 |
% |
|
|
270 |
|
bp |
|
20.8 |
% |
|
|
21.1 |
% |
|
|
(30 |
) |
bp |
Average daily shipments (in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Priority |
|
|
68.5 |
|
|
|
73.3 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
67.3 |
|
|
|
74.8 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Economy |
|
|
30.5 |
|
|
|
31.0 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
29.5 |
|
|
|
31.6 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
Total average daily shipments |
|
|
99.0 |
|
|
|
104.3 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
96.8 |
|
|
|
106.4 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
Weight per shipment (lbs): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Priority |
|
|
975 |
|
|
|
1,029 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
982 |
|
|
|
1,042 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Economy |
|
|
880 |
|
|
|
940 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
878 |
|
|
|
939 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Composite weight per shipment |
|
|
946 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
950 |
|
|
|
1,011 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Revenue per shipment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Priority |
|
$ |
365.55 |
|
|
$ |
361.57 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
359.24 |
|
|
$ |
365.76 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Economy |
|
|
415.82 |
|
|
|
415.35 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
411.95 |
|
|
|
419.64 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Composite revenue per shipment |
|
$ |
381.05 |
|
|
$ |
377.53 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
375.30 |
|
|
$ |
381.74 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Revenue per hundredweight: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Priority |
|
$ |
37.48 |
|
|
$ |
35.14 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
$ |
36.58 |
|
|
$ |
35.10 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Economy |
|
|
47.26 |
|
|
|
44.21 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
46.93 |
|
|
|
44.70 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Composite revenue per hundredweight |
|
$ |
40.29 |
|
|
$ |
37.66 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
$ |
39.49 |
|
|
$ |
37.74 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
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|
|
Percent of Revenue |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||||
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
42.7 |
% |
|
|
42.3 |
% |
|
|
42.6 |
% |
|
|
40.5 |
% |
Purchased transportation |
|
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
6.7 |
|
|
|
7.9 |
|
Rentals |
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
3.4 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
Fuel |
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
8.6 |
|
|
|
6.5 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
|
Maintenance and repairs |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
Intercompany charges |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
5.3 |
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
5.1 |
|
Other |
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
7.2 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
79.4 |
|
|
|
82.1 |
|
|
|
79.2 |
|
|
|
78.9 |
|
Operating margin |
|
|
20.6 |
% |
|
|
17.9 |
% |
|
|
20.8 |
% |
|
|
21.1 |
% |
FedEx Freight Segment Revenue
FedEx Freight segment revenue decreased 4% in the second quarter and 10% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower shipments, fuel surcharges, and weight per shipment, partially offset by base yield improvement.
Average daily shipments decreased 5% in the second quarter and 9% in the first half of 2024 due to reduced demand for our services, primarily resulting from macroeconomic conditions. Revenue per shipment increased 1% in the second quarter primarily due to base yield improvement resulting from our continued focus on revenue quality, partially offset by lower fuel surcharges. Revenue per shipment decreased 2% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower fuel surcharges, partially offset by base yield improvement.
FedEx Freight Segment Operating Income
FedEx Freight segment operating income increased 11% in the second quarter and decreased 11% in the first half of 2024. The second quarter increase was driven primarily by base yield improvement, partially offset by lower fuel surcharges and shipments. The first half decrease was driven primarily by lower fuel surcharges and shipments, partially offset by base yield improvement.
Fuel expense decreased 22% in the second quarter and 31% in the first half of 2024 due to lower fuel prices and decreased shipments. Salaries and benefits decreased 3% in the second quarter and 6% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower staffing to align with decreased shipments and an increase in productivity, partially offset by higher wage rates and variable incentive compensation. Purchased transportation expense decreased 13% in the second quarter and 24% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to decreased shipments and lower fuel prices. Other operating expense decreased 13% in the second quarter and 11% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to lower self-insurance accruals in the second quarter, and lower self-insurance accruals, bad debt expense, and outside service contracts expense in the first half of 2024. Depreciation expense decreased 21% in the second quarter and 10% in the first half of 2024 primarily due to a gain on the sale of certain of our facilities during the first half of 2024.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION
LIQUIDITY
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $6.7 billion at November 30, 2023, compared to $6.9 billion at May 31, 2023. The following table provides a summary of our cash flows for the six-month periods ended November 30 (in millions):
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income |
|
$ |
1,978 |
|
|
$ |
1,663 |
|
Business optimization and realignment costs, net of payments |
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
(40 |
) |
Other noncash charges and credits |
|
|
3,850 |
|
|
|
4,192 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities |
|
|
(1,796 |
) |
|
|
(2,690 |
) |
Cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
4,004 |
|
|
|
3,125 |
|
Investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Capital expenditures |
|
|
(2,595 |
) |
|
|
(3,142 |
) |
Purchase of investments |
|
|
(75 |
) |
|
|
(78 |
) |
Proceeds from asset dispositions and other |
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(2,608 |
) |
|
|
(3,200 |
) |
Financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Principal payments on debt |
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
(32 |
) |
Proceeds from stock issuances |
|
|
211 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(635 |
) |
|
|
(598 |
) |
Purchase of treasury stock |
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,500 |
) |
Other, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(1,518 |
) |
|
|
(2,040 |
) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(136 |
) |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
(127 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,251 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period |
|
$ |
6,729 |
|
|
$ |
4,646 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities increased $879 million in the first half of 2024 primarily due to working capital changes, driven by an increase in accounts payable, accrued incentive compensation, and other liabilities, partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable from the first half of 2023. Capital expenditures decreased during the first half of 2024 due to decreased spending on package handling equipment at FedEx Ground, information technology at FedEx Services and FedEx Express, facilities and other at FedEx Ground and FedEx Express, and vehicles and trailers at FedEx Freight. These decreases were partially offset by increased spending on aircraft and related equipment at FedEx Express. See “Capital Resources” for a discussion of capital expenditures during 2024 and 2023.
In December 2021, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $5 billion of FedEx common stock. As part of the repurchase program, we completed an ASR transaction during the second quarter of 2024 with a bank to repurchase an aggregate of $500 million of our common stock. During the six months ended November 30, 2023, we repurchased 3.9 million shares of FedEx common stock under ASR agreements at an average price of $256.33 per share for a total of $1.0 billion. See Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, “Liquidity Outlook” below, and Part II, Item 2 “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds” for additional information. As of November 30, 2023, $1.6 billion remained available for repurchases under the current stock repurchase program. Shares under the current repurchase program may be repurchased from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing and volume of repurchases are at the discretion of management based on the capital needs of the business, the market price of FedEx common stock, and general market conditions. No time limits were set for the completion of the program, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
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CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our operations are capital intensive, characterized by significant investments in aircraft, package handling and sort equipment, vehicles and trailers, technology, and facilities. The amount and timing of capital investments depend on various factors, including pre-existing contractual commitments, anticipated volume growth, domestic and international economic conditions, new or enhanced services, geographical expansion of services, availability of satisfactory financing, and actions of regulatory authorities.
The following table compares capital expenditures by asset category and reportable segment for the periods ended November 30 (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Three Months |
|
|
Six Months |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Aircraft and related equipment |
|
$ |
601 |
|
|
$ |
671 |
|
|
$ |
1,155 |
|
|
$ |
874 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
32 |
|
Package handling and ground support equipment |
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
505 |
|
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
941 |
|
|
|
(59 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
Vehicles and trailers |
|
|
129 |
|
|
|
132 |
|
|
|
296 |
|
|
|
349 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
Information technology |
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
295 |
|
|
|
449 |
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
(34 |
) |
Facilities and other |
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
529 |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
Total capital expenditures |
|
$ |
1,305 |
|
|
$ |
1,858 |
|
|
$ |
2,595 |
|
|
$ |
3,142 |
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
FedEx Express segment |
|
$ |
871 |
|
|
$ |
994 |
|
|
$ |
1,753 |
|
|
$ |
1,524 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
15 |
|
FedEx Ground segment |
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
572 |
|
|
|
478 |
|
|
|
1,013 |
|
|
|
(50 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
FedEx Freight segment |
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
240 |
|
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
FedEx Services segment |
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
297 |
|
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
Other |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
(29 |
) |
Total capital expenditures |
|
$ |
1,305 |
|
|
$ |
1,858 |
|
|
$ |
2,595 |
|
|
$ |
3,142 |
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(17 |
) |
Capital expenditures decreased in the second quarter of 2024 primarily due to decreased spending on package handling equipment at FedEx Ground, information technology at FedEx Services and FedEx Express, facilities and other at FedEx Express and FedEx Ground, and aircraft and related equipment at FedEx Express. Capital expenditures decreased in the first half of 2024 primarily due to decreased spending on package handling equipment at FedEx Ground, information technology at FedEx Services and FedEx Express, facilities and other at FedEx Ground and FedEx Express, and vehicles and trailers at FedEx Freight. These decreases were partially offset by increased spending on aircraft and related equipment at FedEx Express.
GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We are providing the following information in compliance with Rule 13-01 of Regulation S-X, “Financial Disclosures about Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities” with respect to our senior unsecured debt securities and Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-1AA (the “Certificates”).
The $19.2 billion principal amount of the senior unsecured notes were issued by FedEx under a shelf registration statement and are guaranteed by certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of FedEx (“Guarantor Subsidiaries”). FedEx owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of each Guarantor Subsidiary. The guarantees are (1) unsecured obligations of the respective Guarantor Subsidiary, (2) rank equally with all of their other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, and (3) are full and unconditional and joint and several. If we sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all of the capital stock or all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor Subsidiary to any person that is not an affiliate of FedEx, the guarantee of that Guarantor Subsidiary will terminate, and holders of debt securities will no longer have a direct claim against such subsidiary under the guarantee.
Additionally, FedEx fully and unconditionally guarantees the payment obligation of FedEx Express in respect of the $814 million principal amount of the Certificates. See Note 4 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and Note 6 to the financial statements included in our Annual Report for additional information regarding the terms of the Certificates.
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The following tables present summarized financial information for FedEx (as Parent) and the Guarantor Subsidiaries on a combined basis after transactions and balances within the combined entities have been eliminated.
Parent and Guarantor Subsidiaries
The following table presents the summarized balance sheet information as of November 30, 2023 and May 31, 2023 (in millions):
|
|
November 30, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
||
Current Assets |
|
$ |
10,856 |
|
|
$ |
10,758 |
|
Intercompany Receivable |
|
|
3,739 |
|
|
|
3,566 |
|
Total Assets |
|
|
84,757 |
|
|
|
89,947 |
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
10,475 |
|
|
|
9,933 |
|
Intercompany Payable |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
54,365 |
|
|
|
59,837 |
|
The following table presents the summarized statement of income information for the six-month period ended November 30, 2023 (in millions):
Revenue |
|
$ |
32,867 |
|
Intercompany Charges, net |
|
|
(1,881 |
) |
Operating Income |
|
|
2,280 |
|
Intercompany Charges, net |
|
|
101 |
|
Income Before Income Taxes |
|
|
2,041 |
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
1,586 |
|
The following tables present summarized financial information for FedEx (as Parent Guarantor) and FedEx Express (as Subsidiary Issuer) on a combined basis after transactions and balances within the combined entities have been eliminated.
Parent Guarantor and Subsidiary Issuer
The following table presents the summarized balance sheet information as of November 30, 2023 and May 31, 2023 (in millions):
|
|
November 30, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
||
Current Assets |
|
$ |
4,052 |
|
|
$ |
4,408 |
|
Intercompany Receivable |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Assets |
|
|
72,231 |
|
|
|
70,016 |
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
6,476 |
|
|
|
5,100 |
|
Intercompany Payable |
|
|
10,570 |
|
|
|
11,011 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
50,224 |
|
|
|
48,246 |
|
The following table presents the summarized statement of income information for the six-month period ended November 30, 2023 (in millions):
Revenue |
|
$ |
11,103 |
|
Intercompany Charges, net |
|
|
(1,132 |
) |
Operating Income |
|
|
(361 |
) |
Intercompany Charges, net |
|
|
14 |
|
Income Before Income Taxes |
|
|
588 |
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
669 |
|
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LIQUIDITY OUTLOOK
In response to current business and economic conditions as referenced above in the “Outlook” section of this MD&A, we are continuing to actively manage and optimize our capital allocation in response to the slowdown in the economy, inflationary pressures, rising fuel prices, and geopolitical conflicts. We have $6.7 billion in cash at November 30, 2023 and $3.5 billion in available liquidity under our $1.5 billion three-year credit agreement (the “Three-Year Credit Agreement”) and $2.0 billion five-year credit agreement (the “Five-Year Credit Agreement” and together with the Three-Year Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”), and we believe that our cash and cash equivalents, cash from operations, and available financing sources will be adequate to meet our liquidity needs, which include operational requirements, expected capital expenditures, and dividend payments.
The Three-Year Credit Agreement expires in March 2025. The Five-Year Credit Agreement expires in March 2026 and includes a $250 million letter of credit sublimit. The Credit Agreements are available to finance our operations and other cash flow needs.
We executed an ASR agreement in September 2023 to repurchase an aggregate of $500 million of our common stock that was completed in October 2023. See Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for more information. We expect to repurchase an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock in 2024.
Our cash and cash equivalents balance at November 30, 2023 includes $3.1 billion of cash in foreign jurisdictions associated with our permanent reinvestment strategy. We are able to access the majority of this cash without a material tax cost and do not believe that the indefinite reinvestment of these funds impairs our ability to meet our U.S. domestic debt or working capital obligations.
Our capital expenditures for 2024 are expected to be approximately $5.7 billion, a decrease of $0.5 billion from 2023, as we continue to reduce our capital intensity relative to revenue. We expect lower aircraft spend and reduced capacity investment to be partially offset by investments to optimize our networks and modernize our facilities.
There have been no material changes to the contractual commitments described in Part II, Item 7 in our Annual Report. We do not have any guarantees or other off-balance sheet financing arrangements, including variable interest entities, which we believe could have a material effect on our financial condition or liquidity.
We have several aircraft modernization programs under way that are supported by the purchase of Boeing 777 Freighter and Boeing 767-300 Freighter aircraft. These aircraft are significantly more fuel-efficient per unit than the aircraft types previously utilized, and these expenditures are necessary to achieve significant long-term operating savings and to replace older aircraft. Our ability to delay the timing of these aircraft-related expenditures is limited without incurring significant costs to modify existing purchase agreements.
We have a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that allows us to sell, in one or more future offerings, any combination of our unsecured debt securities and common stock and allows pass-through trusts formed by FedEx Express to sell, in one or more future offerings, pass-through certificates.
During the first half of 2024, we made voluntary contributions totaling $400 million to our tax-qualified U.S. domestic pension plan (“U.S. Pension Plan”). We anticipate making $400 million of additional voluntary contributions during the remainder of 2024. There are currently no required minimum contributions to our U.S. Pension Plan, and we maintain a credit balance related to our cumulative excess voluntary pension contributions over those required that exceeds $3.0 billion. The credit balance is subtracted from plan assets to determine the minimum funding requirements. Therefore, we have the flexibility to eliminate all required contributions to our principal U.S. Pension Plan for several years. Our U.S. Pension Plan has ample funds to meet expected benefit payments.
Standard & Poor’s has assigned us a senior unsecured debt credit rating of BBB, a Certificates rating of AA-, a commercial paper rating of A-2, and a ratings outlook of “stable.” Moody’s Investors Service has assigned us an unsecured debt credit rating of Baa2, a Certificates rating of Aa3, a commercial paper rating of P-2, and a ratings outlook of “stable.” Our interest expense may increase in the event of a reduction in our credit rating. If our unsecured debt or commercial paper ratings are reduced to below investment grade, our access to the capital markets may become limited.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make significant judgments and estimates to develop amounts reflected and disclosed in the financial statements. In many cases, there are alternative policies or estimation techniques that could be used. We maintain a thorough process to review the application of our accounting policies and to evaluate the appropriateness of the many estimates that are required to prepare the financial statements of a complex, global corporation. However, even under optimal circumstances, estimates routinely require adjustment based on changing circumstances and new or better information.
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GOODWILL. Goodwill is tested for impairment between annual tests whenever events or circumstances make it more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit has fallen below its carrying value. We do not believe there has been any change of events or circumstances that would indicate that a reevaluation of the goodwill of our reporting units is required as of November 30, 2023, nor do we believe the goodwill of our reporting units is at risk of failing impairment testing. For additional details on goodwill impairment testing, refer to Note 1 to the financial statements included in our Annual Report.
Information regarding our critical accounting estimates can be found in our Annual Report, including Note 1 to the financial statements therein. Management has discussed the development and selection of these critical accounting estimates with the Audit and Finance Committee of our Board of Directors and with our independent registered public accounting firm.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this report, including (but not limited to) those contained in “Trends Affecting Our Business,” “Business Optimization and Realignment Costs,” “Income Taxes,” “Outlook,” “Liquidity Outlook,” “Critical Accounting Estimates,” and “Legal Proceedings,” and the “General,” “Financing Arrangements,” “Retirement Plans,” “Commitments,” and “Contingencies” notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, plans, objectives, future performance, and business and the assumptions underlying such statements. Forward-looking statements include those preceded by, followed by, or that include the words “will,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “targets,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “intends,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated (expressed or implied) by such forward-looking statements because of, among other things, potential risks and uncertainties, such as:
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As a result of these and other factors, no assurance can be given as to our future results and achievements. Accordingly, a forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future events or circumstances and those future events or circumstances may not occur. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. We are under no obligation, and we expressly disclaim any obligation, to update or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As of November 30, 2023, there were no material changes in our market risk sensitive instruments and positions since our disclosures in our Annual Report.
The principal foreign currency exchange rate risks to which we are exposed relate to the euro, Chinese yuan, British pound, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Australian dollar, Japanese yen, and Mexican peso. Historically, our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations is more significant with respect to our revenue than our expenses, as a significant portion of our expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars, such as aircraft and fuel expenses. During the first half of 2024, the U.S. dollar fluctuations relative to the currencies of the foreign countries in which we operate did not have an effect on our results.
While we have market risk for changes in the price of vehicle and jet fuel, this risk is largely mitigated by our indexed fuel surcharges. For additional discussion of our indexed fuel surcharges, see the “Results of Operations and Outlook — Consolidated Results —Fuel” section of “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition” included in our Annual Report.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The management of FedEx, with the participation of our principal executive and financial officers, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, including ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to FedEx management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive and financial officers have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of November 30, 2023 (the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).
During our fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2023, no change occurred in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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For a description of all material pending legal proceedings, see Note 9 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report in response to Part I, Item 1A of Form 10-K. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and the price of our common stock.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table provides information on FedEx’s repurchases of our common stock during the second quarter of 2024:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Period |
|
Total Number of |
|
|
Average Price |
|
|
Total Number of |
|
|
|
Approximate |
|
||||
Sep. 1-30, 2023 |
|
|
1,532,039 |
|
|
$ |
256.24 |
|
|
|
1,532,039 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,564 |
|
Oct. 1-31, 2023 |
|
|
419,231 |
|
|
|
256.24 |
|
|
|
419,231 |
|
|
|
|
1,564 |
|
Nov. 1-30, 2023 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Total |
|
|
1,951,270 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,951,270 |
|
|
|
|
1,564 |
|
|
In December 2021, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program of up to $5 billion of FedEx common stock. Shares under the program may be repurchased from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. As of December 19, 2023, $1.6 billion remains available to be used for repurchases under the program, which is the only such program that currently exists. The program does not have an expiration date and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
As part of the repurchase program, we entered into an ASR transaction with a bank in September 2023 to repurchase $500 million of our common stock. During the second quarter of 2024, the ASR transaction was completed, and 2.0 million shares were delivered under the ASR agreement. The shares delivered under the ASR agreement were the only shares of FedEx common stock we repurchased during the second quarter of 2024.
See Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the ASR transaction and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition – Financial Condition – Liquidity Outlook” for information regarding our expected stock repurchases during the remainder of 2024.
Item 5. Other Information
During the quarter ended November 30, 2023,
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit Number |
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Description of Exhibit |
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^10.1 |
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^10.2 |
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^10.3 |
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^10.4 |
|
Letter Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2023, amending the Boeing 777 Freighter Purchase Agreement. |
|
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^*10.5 |
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**10.6 |
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**10.7 |
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15.1 |
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22 |
|
List of Guarantor Subsidiaries and Subsidiary Issuers of Guaranteed Securities. |
|
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31.1 |
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31.2 |
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32.1 |
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32.2 |
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101.1 |
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Interactive Data Files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (“Inline XBRL”). |
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104.1 |
|
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101.1).
|
^ Information in this exhibit identified by brackets is confidential and has been excluded pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K because it (i) is not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm to FedEx if publicly disclosed.
*Certain attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K because the information contained therein is not material and is not otherwise publicly disclosed. FedEx will furnish supplementally a copy of such attachments to the SEC or its staff upon request.
**Management contracts/compensatory plans or arrangements.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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FedEx Corporation |
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|
|
Date: December 19, 2023 |
|
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/s/ Guy M. Erwin II |
|
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|
Guy M. Erwin II |
|
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|
Staff Vice President, Corporate Controller |
|
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|
and Interim Principal Accounting Officer |
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