Fdx stock has been higher than UPS stock for YEARS. Fdx hasn't traded at 107 in a long time. UPS is down from its 52 week high while FDX continues to set new highs. Stock price and earnings are totally different. I have no idea how earnings compare.
Your comments made me curious so I looked it up. Right now UPS is trading at 27 times earnings. Fedex is trading at 29 times earnings. That's a little higher than you want. UPS has a market cap of 93 billion compared to X at 54 billion. Thing to remember is that the traded UPS stock is a Class B stock with no voting rights that UPS floated about 20 years ago and with the proceeds primarily used to retire debt. It has a higher yield at 3.11 % than X at 0.83% but a B Class is designed to be a dividend stock but 3.11% is nothing exceptional. The thing that would concern me is that some US economic growth projections for this year and next are running around 2-2.25%. If it holds true then both companies will go on their merry old way but perhaps more bottom line focused . Keep an eye on their cap X budgets in the days ahead.
I have no idea what you just said. FDX closed at 206.15. UPS at 106.68. That's all I know.
Fire 20 year+ not buy out
That helps a lot. Fact is that FedEx went through cost cutting measures to beef up profits, and increased it's dividend as a result. That makes it attractive to Wall Street. The demand increased it's share value. Wall Street likes when a company plays ball with it. Everyone knows UPS is a solid company but it is also a company burdened by a union. Not knocking the union, just saying from their perspective UPS may not deliver what they're looking for with the overhead UPS has. It's not a popularity contest. The higher share price makes exec's wealthier, and Wall Street rewards those who do what it takes to get it. Even if it means running over employees to do so, something UPS can't do with a union contract.
BRKB is a Class B stock that pays no dividends . Cahnces are it's a nonvoting rights stock as well.
Who cares. Give me 2 shares of Class A and I won't need any dividends.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. It will take ups 27.4 years of earnings to make $107 (its stock price) it will take fdx 29.24 years to earn its stock price of $206.40.
You can do good when you have a free labor force that can never unionize. It's called crony capitalism
