FedEx Stock's Sell-Off Drags Down UPS. Is the High-Yield Dividend Stock a Buy Now?
Shares of FedEx (NYSE: FDX) hit a new 52-week low on March 21 after the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and trimmed its full-year guidance again. Shares of rival package delivery company United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) also fell on the news, and then sold off by another 5.1% on March 25 in apparent response to Bank of America analyst Ken Hoexter's downward revision of his forecast for the logistics giant. Hoexter now expects UPS' earnings for the current quarter to be 15% below his prior estimate.With the stock at its lowest level since July 2020, is UPS a buy, or is the dividend stock falling for valid reasons?Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading
Shares of FedEx (NYSE: FDX) hit a new 52-week low on March 21 after the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and trimmed its full-year guidance again. Shares of rival package delivery company United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) also fell on the news, and then sold off by another 5.1% on March 25 in apparent response to Bank of America analyst Ken Hoexter's downward revision of his forecast for the logistics giant. Hoexter now expects UPS' earnings for the current quarter to be 15% below his prior estimate.
With the stock at its lowest level since July 2020, is UPS a buy, or is the dividend stock falling for valid reasons?
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