Oscar Betancourt
02/ 9/ 2013
Ryan Haley
Financial Statement Analysis
FedEx Corporation (FDX) Financial Analysis
The purpose of this report is to critically analyze the financial ratio results of FedEx Corp; for the years, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The process of developing a financial statement is to provide information to investors, auditors, creditors and management. These Supporting documentations of the annual or quarterly reports help predict trends, profitability, liquidity and an evaluation of risk. Within these financial statement breakdown the companies strength and weaknesses that are then identified through the comparison of data to other companies in the similar industry. There are many ways to financially analyze a company data information, but I will focus on providing a ratio analysis in which will expose and evaluate the liquidity, profitability and risk, debt management, asset management and market valuation of FedEx Corp. The goal of this report is to focus five main areas. Firstly, I will provide a comparison with the industry average and to develop final predictions of the company’s trend. To begin, I will focus on the performance of FedEx Corp. this is done by the use of the financial ratios attained from the annual reports. In addition, I will also provide a trend analysis to show the patterns of FedEx performance. Finally, I will provide a conclusion that would argue how well the managers and the company as a whole have performed and how they are able to meet the demands of achieving high financial performance.
Company Background
FedEx corp. is known today as providing one of the most efficient delivery services around the world. The modern air/ground express industry was pioneered with the founding of federal Express in 1971; the corporation was created in 1998 as FDX corp. and then became what we know today as FedEx Corp In January 2000, (www. FedEx.com) According to FedEx’s company, FedEx provides customers and...