Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FDX scored 59.9, JBHT scored 46.3 — FDX leads.
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FDX
FedEx Corporation
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Quality-Growth
59.9
$291.71 · $69.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
13.6
FDX leads
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Quality-Growth
46.3
$229.26 · $21.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestFDX15.7x
Fastest growthFDX+7.7%
Strongest balance sheetJBHT0.38
Highest qualityJBHT75 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
FDX
stronger →← stronger
JBHT
56
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
75
56
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
43
69
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
31
FDX is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FDX
JBHT
$5.1bB+
FCF
$1.1bC+
+7.7%B
Rev
-0.7%D+
1.36C
D/E
0.38B+
15.7xA-
P/E
32.5xC+
1.23B
PEG
1.65C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
FDX
JBHT
7% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
62% above
~7%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~17%/yr
-10%
1-yr DCF upside
-39%
-7%
5-yr DCF upside
-38%
-2%
10-yr DCF upside
-37%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · market cap $69.0b. 16% off the 52-week high of $345.37. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $355.50 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 115% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $69.0b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Net margin 4.7% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Integrated Freight & Logistics · market cap $21.5b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $299.76 — deep drawdown territory. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $283.13 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 163% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 32x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where FDX and JBHT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 13.6 points in favor of FDX. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueFDX 68.7 · JBHT 31.1FDX +37.6
QualityFDX 56.1 · JBHT 75.2JBHT +19.1
GrowthFDX 55.7 · JBHT 42.6FDX +13.1
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is FDX or JBHT the better stock?
FDX scores higher: FDX 59.9, JBHT 46.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do FDX and JBHT differ most?
The widest gap is value, where FDX leads by 38 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are FDX and JBHT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.