![]() ![]() Some are threatening to halt operations on Black Friday, just at the start of the holiday shopping season, unless FedEx agrees to change their compensation.įedEx insists it will work with contractors who are having problems. The company uses independent contractors, not employees, to make deliveries, and many of those contractors are complaining that rising costs for fuel, labor and new vehicles has made their business unprofitable. Solis/APįedEx partners threaten to halt holiday deliveries While it gave the sharply lowered guidance for the current quarter, FedEx said it was withdrawing its full-year guidance issued in June due to the “continued volatile operating environment.įedEx Ground service, which is the primary way the company handles deliveries of online purchases made by US consumers, missed its sales target by $300 million.Ī FedEx Ground package van pulls into a business driveway in this north Jackson, Miss., facility, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Revenue rose $1.2 billion, or 5%, despite missing the company’s earlier target. (FDX) said its adjusted earnings for the quarter that ended August 31 will be down $260 million, or 17%, from a year earlier. “We’re going fully into cost-management mode,” he told CNBC. It is also cutting $500 million from its capital expenditure budget for its fiscal year, which runs through May of 2023, trimming that spending to $6.3 billion. ![]() The company said it is responding by reducing flights and temporarily parking aircraft, trimming hours for its staff, delaying some hiring plans and closing 90 FedEx Office locations as well as five corporate offices. Shares of FedEx are now down 38% so far this year. ![]() The 21% single-day loss for FedEx shares easily tops their 16% plunge the day of the 1987 stock market crash, and a 15% drop during the stocks sell-off in March 2020 in the early days of the pandemic. Additionally, the Dow Transportation Index fell 5%, while shares of FedEx rival UPS The warning sparked a broad sell-off in US stocks. While he said US consumers are somewhat protected by the strength of the dollar, which is increasing their purchasing power, but he said FedEx is seeing a slowdown in Americans’ spending as well. He said FedEx is seeing a decline in the volume of freight it is handling in every region around the world. “These numbers, they don’t portend very well.” Analysts had been forecasting a gain in profit.ĭuring an interview Thursday on CNBC, FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam was asked if he believes the slowdown in his business is a sign of the start of a global recession. While global revenue this quarter is likely to be flat compared to a year earlier, FedEx’s earnings are expected to plunge more than 40%. ![]() What’s more, FedEx said it expects business conditions to further weaken in the current second quarter, which runs through November. The company said demand for packages weakened considerably in the final weeks of the quarter. The weakening global economy, particularly in Asia and Europe, has hurt FedEx’s express delivery business. (FDX) plunged 21% Friday - the biggest one-day drop in its history - after the company warned late Thursday that a slowing economy will cause it to fall $500 million short of its revenue target. © 2022 New Orleans Saints.FedEx warned that a global recession could be coming, as demand for packages around the world tumbles. ![]()
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