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FDX (FedEx) reported Q4 FY2026 earnings on 2026-06-23. Stock fell 3.5% on the print. Here's the breakdown: Is FDX a buy, hold, or sell after this quarter? In this FedEx (FDX) Q4 FY2026 earnings breakdown we cover the revenue and EPS print, the 8-quarter trend, segment detail, the free-cash-flow bridge, forward guidance, peer valuation, and management & earnings quality - ending with a clear price-aware Buy / Hold / Avoid Call and a Wall Street consensus comparison. If you follow Industrials stocks or FDX earnings, this is the Q4 FY2026 deep dive. 🎧 Listen on Podbean: https://chargedalpha.podbean.com (also on Apple Podcasts & Spotify) 🔔 Subscribe for daily earnings deep-dives → @ChargedAlpha | Call tracker: chargedalpha.com THE CALL: HOLD (3/5 conviction, MODERATE) - CURRENT @ $317.24 - HOLD - BUY below $270.00 with $240.00 stop - AVOID above $360.00 TRIGGER: Two quarters of the post-spin parcel company hitting the DRIVE savings run-rate AND parcel volume re-accelerating WINDOW: Through Q1 FY27 earnings (September 2026) TRACKER: chargedalpha.com WALL STREET CONSENSUS - Ratings: 0 Strong Buy / 28 Buy / 18 Hold / 3 Sell / 0 Strong Sell - BUY - Median 12-month price target: $305.00 (range $230 - $360) - Charged Alpha vs consensus: IN-LINE (slightly cautious) THESIS The global parcel giant doing real self-help - DRIVE cost savings, Network 2.0, and now a completed spin-off of its high-margin freight arm to unlock value - at a reasonable ~13x earnings, but with the stock already above the average target. Bull lever: If DRIVE savings keep compounding and the leaner post-spin parcel network hits its margin targets while volumes re-accelerate, FY27's ~$22 EPS proves conservative and the cheap multiple re-rates. Key risk: If the freight economy stays soft and the post-spin company can't sustain the DRIVE-driven margin gains, a cyclical name trading above its average target has more room to disappoint than to surprise. QUALITY CHECK - Management quality grade: B (CEO Rajesh Subramaniam has executed a credible turnaround - the DRIVE structural cost program, the Network 2.) - Earnings quality grade: B (Earnings are cash-backed and the beat was driven by genuine structural cost savings, not one-time items.) CHAPTERS 0:00 Hook 0:13 The Year in One Chart 0:50 The Print 1:27 Beat Decomposition 2:03 The Trend 2:40 The Segments 3:19 The FCF Bridge 3:55 Margin Quality 4:32 Guidance & The Narrative Diff 5:24 Catalyst Calendar 5:56 Peer Dot-Plot 6:34 Valuation 7:12 Management & Earnings Quality 7:50 The Call - Verdict 8:31 The Call - Evidence 9:15 The Call - Supporting Figures KEY METRICS - Q4 FY2026 - Revenue: $25.00B (YoY +12.6%, beat est by +3.0%) - EPS: $6.31 (vs $6.02 est, beat +4.8%) - Free cash flow: $1.50B (6.0% margin) FDX (FedEx) Q4 FY2026: revenue $25.0B (+12.6%) beat ~$24.2B, adjusted EPS $6.31 beat $6.02 by 29 cents, adj operating margin 8.4% on DRIVE cost savings. FedEx FREIGHT SPIN-OFF COMPLETED (separate public co); FY27 adj EPS guided ~$22 (+11.8%). HOLD conv 3 at $317.24 - clean beat + value-unlock breakup + working cost program, but the stock trades above the ~$301 avg target in a soft freight economy, so the upside is largely priced in. CEO Rajesh Subramaniam. NARRATIVE DIFF - what changed in management tone - Prior call: "Our DRIVE program is fundamentally changing how we operate and structurally lowering our cost to serve." - This call: "The separation of FedEx Freight unlocks value and sharpens our focus on the world's most efficient digital and physical network." - Tone shift: It's a clean, constructive quarter - the breakup the bulls wanted is done and the cost program is working. But the stock had already run to $317, just above the average analyst target, so a good-but-expected print in a soft freight economy didn't leave much room for upside - hence a muted reaction. Execution from here, not the thesis, is the question. DATA SOURCES - FMP (financialmodelingprep.com) - Fe