Savings fuel new buyback plan

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FEDEX CORP. $176 is still a buy for long-term gains. The company (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 260.2 million; Market cap: $45.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and 220 other countries. Fedex is seeing lower demand for package deliveries in the U.S. as physical stores re-open and consumers buy fewer goods online. In response, it’s reducing flights and idling planes. FedEx expects these moves and other initiatives will save it between $2.2 billion and $2.7 billion in the current fiscal 2023 year ending May 31, 2023. By fiscal 2025, the company expects annual savings of $4.0 billion. Thanks to those savings, FedEx plans to buy back $1.5 billion of its shares by the end of fiscal 2023. The $4.60-a-share dividend also looks safe and yields 2.6%. FedEx is a buy. buy…