Competition
FedEx Corporation (FDX)
Main Idea about company FedEx Corporation is one the main competitors of UPS. FedEx stands for Federal Express. It is one of the fastest growing companies in the world. It provides customers worldwide with a range of transportation, e-commerce and business services. They have three divisions within the company: FedEx Express, Ground, Freight and Services.
Owners The company is owned by a multitude of institutional holders including Primecap Management Company (6.4%), Dodge & Cox Inc. (5.15%) and Mutual Fund Holders such as Vanguard/Primecap Fund (4.05%), and Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (3.10%). A major shareholder and Insider/owner is Smith Frederick W with $15 Million worth shares. [Brackets indicate ownership of Company]
Sales $44 Billion
EBITDA 4.923 Billion (Operating Income of 2.56 Billion and a net Income of 1.56 Billion)
Leverage
Deutsche Post DHL (Listed under Xetra)
Main Idea about company In specificity to DHL operating in USA, DHL services include international express deliveries, mail services, freight services via air, sea, road and rail and warehousing solutions such as packaging, repairs, storage. It also provides other customized logistic services.
Owners KfW Bankengruppe holds approximately 254 million shares out 1.24 Billion outstanding shares which accounts to be about 21% of the capital structure. The rest is owned by institutional investors (67.8%) and private investors (11.2%)
Sales €55 Billion (Approx. $76 Billion)
EBITDA €4.2 Billion (Approx. $5.8 Billion)
Leverage 3.53x
TNT Express N.V.(Listed under TNTE)
Main Idea about company TNT Express N.V. is a company specializing in express delivery services spanning across 200 countries. They also provide Generic Solutions a...
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•Bonds with a principal balance of $29 million issued by the Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport Facility Improvement Corporation associated with our Dallas, Texas airport facilities. The bonds are due in May 2032 and bear interest at a variable rate, however the variable cash flows on the obligation have been swapped to a fixed 5.11%.
•Bonds with a principal balance of $100 million issued by the Delaware County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority associated with our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania airport facilities. The bonds, which are due in December 2015, bear interest at a variable rate, and the average interest rates for 2013 and 2012 were 0.07% and 0.13%, respectively.
In addition, as of December 31, 2013, UPS has $627 million of surety bonds written.
An Overview of UPS outstanding Debts:
In April 1971, a California firm known as First Commander Corporation, owned by Commander Industries, Inc., offered some brokerage services and published Investment Indicator. In
In 2003 in an unprecedented move, UPS teamed up with rival FedEx to keep DHL from entering the US parcel market. DHL had purchased Airborne Express in an attempt to enter the US market. UPS and FedEx identified that DHL would distort US competition because DHL could subsidize its competitive activities with revenues gained from its postal monopoly in Germany. Unable to compete against the two US shipping giants, DHL announced in 2013, it would close its North American operations. In May 2013 DHL started outsourcing some of its operations to UPS.
The decision to open in Louisville was no mistake: the city of Louisville, Kentucky, serves as a major transportation hub for supplies and center for logistical support throughout the United States. Possessing an international airport with customs access allows UPS to be centrally located in t...
In late 2000, the survivor drama film Cast Away starring Tom Hanks was shown globally and received nominations from multiple award giving bodies including two nominations from the Academy Awards the following year. FedEx’s logotype played a big role in the movie, unlike any other product or company placement on a movie, FedEx became a factor of the story; the nature of story of being stranded on an island with only FedEx packages and the island to accompany the protagonist. Although FedEx ‘s logotype was given an extensive exposure in the movie, FedEx did not pay for anything to be in the movie or for the promotion of its service. The name FedEx is already a colossal corporation in the world of courier delivery even before the movie Cast Away
UPS is performing better than FedEx in financial performances. From 1997-1999, UPS reported average net profit margins of 6.5% while FedEx¡¦s was 2.8% and ROE of 25.2% for UPS and 10.6% for FedEx. Although UPS¡¦s net income in 1999 dropped significantly, it was result of a tax dispute, which should not affect the sustainability of the UPS financial performance. One of the factors driving this performance is the growth in the international delivery business. International operations in 1999 has accounted for 13% of the UPS¡¦s revenues and 5% of the operating profits. International package revenue grew 50% since 1994 and international...
Denver International Airport Construction and Operating Costs. (1997, July 5).University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved April 28, 2011, from http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/govpubs/dia.htm
Control systems – Costco has an Enterprise Facility Information management system, each Costco is connected to corporate, the EFIM provides real-time information, management of control systems (like energy), and an inventory management system that allows suppliers to monitor their own stock levels at any Costco. The EFIM reduces costs related to energy consumption, maintenance, and contracted services
Organizations that decide to issue bonds generally go through a series of steps. Discuss the six steps.
Furthermore, the new entity had a solid capital structure with 40% equity and also 43.3% subordinated debt
The first post office in the United States was established in seventeen seventy-five, which makes it the oldest most reliable post service in history. It is a well know fact that in the beginning, this business was called the Pony Express, which began in eighteen sixty. Years later the US Post office has become the largest company that we rely on to deliver our mail. This mailing institution delivers more mail to a larger area than any other delivery service in the world. They are rendering assistance to more than one million people in North America. There are over six hundred thousand employees and in excess of thirty four thousand facilities nationwide. This institution thrives to provide customer service, available products, transport of products, and accessibility to all consumers. The United States Postal Service is a reliable, excellent, and efficient delivery service. They supply a wide variety of convenient products to help with any shipping needs consumers may have.
In “Venture Capital” alternative, a sum of $3.5 million will be traded in exchange for 750,000 shares and 50% of the board seats, which will result in a weighted average outstanding shares of 1,375,000. Net income will come to $514,500 and EPS will be 0.29.
Business depends very critically upon Fed Ex. If Fed Ex had a major disruption to their delivery system, flowers would not be delivered on time, resulting in dissatisfied customers. For example, if Fed Ex employees went on strike, there would be no alternative equivalent to Fed Ex to deliver flowers to customers. UPS, although an alternative, did not deliver perishable products in the same timely fashion as Fed Ex.
Furthermore, Cocoaland Holdings Berhad has the total revenue of RM50,000,000 in 2015 and RM10,000,000 in 2016. It can be seen that decrease RM40,000,000 compare to this both years. Additionally, this company’s debt consists of 34,685,858 in 2015 and 38,057,668 in 2016. Moreover, it consists of total equity and debt-to-equity ratio inside their capital that is 202,680,654 and 0.17 in 2015 and 2015239,503,310 and 0.16 in 2016. It can conclude that total equity increased and the debt-to-equity ratio was decreased compare to 2015 to
Just two years before that the company did reported for a current ratio of 1.6, which is higher than 1.5 in from the year before. This improvement was cause by an overall development of a higher growth in the company’s current assets than in its current liabilities. In the year before in 2012, the company’s total current assets were at a price of $502 trillion, indicating an increase of 16.44 % overall from the $402 trillion current assets in 2010. Its total current liabilities have increased to $319 trillion, from $944 trillion in the year even before (2010), which shows a large growth in the company in a few years. Cash from operating actions also plays a big role in the company’s liquidity. In 2011, the company reported total cash of $917 trillion from its operating activities. Strong liquidity not only ensures the financial stability of the company in the market but also having approach its short-term company potentials (Global Data,