CMPR vs FDX vs NYT Stock Comparison

Cimpress, Fedex and New York Times Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMPR CIMPRESS plc
$80.41 +3.1% 1M +21.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.00B
P/E
20.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.74B
Div. yield
–
Office Equipment Industrials
2 wins
FDX Fedex Corp
$298.81 +2.5% 1M +55.7% 1Y
Market cap
$71.23B
P/E
16.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$94.72B
Div. yield
–
Parcel Delivery Industrials
6 wins
NYT New York Times Co
$69.58 +12.4% 1M +22.1% 1Y
Market cap
$11.44B
P/E
29.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.98B
Div. yield
0.01%
Publishing Communication Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fedex leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Fedex 6, New York Times 3, Cimpress 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMPRFDXNYTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.00B $71.23B $11.44B FDX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.8x 16.1x 29.1x FDX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.8x 17.8x 25.7x CMPR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.8% +7.7% +10.8% NYT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.6% 4.7% 13.2% NYT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.6% 7.4% — CMPR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.4x 1.3x — FDX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.3% +55.7% +22.1% FDX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.9%/yr +9.7%/yr +4.8%/yr FDX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.4% 28.3% 31.8% FDX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 46/100 80/100 NYT

Percentile Scorecard

CMPRFDXNYT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCMPRFDXNYT
Valuation 89 #13 of 112 57 #59 of 136 38 #34 of 54
Growth 92 #9 of 96 68 #40 of 122 98 #2 of 45
Profitability 71 #28 of 93 47 #64 of 119 98 #2 of 43
Financial Health 13 #110 of 126 46 #80 of 147 90 #7 of 62
Shareholder Returns 33 #45 of 67 12 #74 of 84 76 #7 of 26
Overall 60 46 80
  • CMPR ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • FDX ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • NYT ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCMPRFDXNYTSPY
1 month +3.1%+2.5%+12.4% -1.0%
3 months -17.8%-5.2%-2.9% +2.9%
6 months -1.9%-4.4%-14.0% +6.4%
Year to date +20.8%+28.4%+0.2% +11.4%
1 year +21.3%+55.7%+22.1% +13.1%
3 years +27.8%+53.4%+66.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +8.5%+15.3%+18.5% +21.5%
5 years -9.2%+59.2%+26.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year -1.9%+9.7%+4.8% +10.9%
10 years -16.1%+117.9%+502.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year -1.7%+8.1%+19.7% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCMPRFDXNYTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.4%28.3%31.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.2%27.5%38.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.660.800.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.511.970.70 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -79.2%-46.1%-50.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.6%-12.0%-19.0% -2.5%
52-week high $105.31$339.38$85.86 $779.14
52-week low $61.21$191.92$56.09 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCMPRFDXNYT
P/E now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 21.0x 16.0xmedian 16.0x 28.7xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.9x 0.7xmedian 1.0x 3.8xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 12.3x 8.4xmedian 8.7x 18.8xmedian 11.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.4xmedian 15.1x 13.8xmedian 11.5x 17.9xmedian 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median -4.0xmedian 2.4x 2.2xmedian 1.2x 5.5xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.56median 1.02 2.58median 0.82 0.92median 0.44

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCMPRFDXNYT
Revenue $3.74B $94.72B $2.98B
Gross profit $1.73B – $1.53B
Operating income $251.03M $5.46B $475.01M
Net income $97.92M $4.43B $392.83M
Free cash flow $158.07M $5.12B $623.02M
R&D $352.54M – $274.41M
EPS (diluted) $3.79 $18.55 $2.41
Cash & equivalents $248.85M $13.31B $232.66M
Total debt $6.37B $25.71B –
Shares (diluted) 25.33M 239.00M 163.04M
Enterprise value $1.10B $37.18B $8.93B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCMPRFDXNYT
P/E 20.5x 16.0x 28.7x
P/FCF 12.4x 13.8x 17.9x
P/Operating cash flow 6.9x 7.9x 17.0x
P/S 0.5x 0.7x 3.8x
P/B -4.0x 2.2x 5.5x
P/Tangible book -3.5x 2.2x 6.1x
EV/EBITDA 8.2x 8.4x 18.8x
EV/EBIT 13.2x 15.2x 22.1x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.9x 3.5x
EV/FCF 21.0x 16.2x 16.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x 9.3x 16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.56 2.58 0.92

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMPRFDXNYT
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.8% 7.7% 10.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 1.7% 8.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.9% – 13.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.3% – 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.9% 4.7% 22.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 63.6% 3.6% 27.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 598.9% 8.3% 22.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.2% 3.7% 30.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 549.1% 10.3% 23.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 6.2% 31.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -4.8% 26.8% 34.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.6% 0.3% 37.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -23.2% 71.6% 36.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.1% 24.1% 40.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMPRFDXNYT
Gross margin 46.3% – 51.4%
EBITDA margin 10.8% 10.4% 18.8%
Operating margin 6.7% 5.8% 16.0%
Pretax margin 4.1% 6.1% 16.8%
Net margin 2.6% 4.7% 13.2%
FCF margin 4.2% 5.4% 20.9%
Operating cash flow margin 7.6% 9.4% 22.1%
Return on equity – 14.4% 19.4%
Return on assets 4.6% 4.6% 13.4%
Return on invested capital 14.6% 7.4% –
Return on capital employed 18.6% 7.0% 20.9%
Asset turnover 1.8x 1.0x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.9x 2.0x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6% 0.2% 2.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMPRFDXNYT
Debt / assets 73.2% 26.0% –
Debt / equity -3.3x 0.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.4x 1.3x –
Debt / FCF 10.2x 5.0x –
Liabilities / assets 122.4% 68.0% 31.4%
Equity / assets -22.4% 32.0% 68.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.7x 1.5x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.4x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.7x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.57 2.51 10.07

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMPRFDXNYT
Dividend yield – 1.8% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 2.4% -0.3% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 1.5% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 32.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 20.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 33.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 26.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCMPRFDXNYT
Forward P/E 16.8xFY2027 17.8xFY2026 25.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.78FY2027 $16.80FY2026 $2.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.1%FY2027 -14.6%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.2% +20.3% +18.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.74BFY2027 $94.93BFY2026 $3.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.1%FY2027 +1.6%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.6% +7.2% +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMPRFDXNYT
Held by institutions 87.4% 80.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 209 1,939 630
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +2.3% +2.3%
Institutions buying 130 902 313
Institutions selling 54 693 223
Buyers to sellers 2.41 1.30 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CMPRFDXNYT
CMPR 1.00 0.02 0.16
FDX 0.02 1.00 0.08
NYT 0.16 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMPR, FDX and NYT?

Fedex (FDX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cimpress (CMPR) $2.00B, Fedex (FDX) $71.23B, New York Times (NYT) $11.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMPR, FDX and NYT?

Fedex (FDX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cimpress (CMPR) 20.8x, Fedex (FDX) 16.1x, New York Times (NYT) 29.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cimpress (CMPR) is cheapest (Cimpress (CMPR) 16.8x, Fedex (FDX) 17.8x, New York Times (NYT) 25.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

New York Times (NYT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cimpress (CMPR) +9.8%, Fedex (FDX) +7.7%, New York Times (NYT) +10.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

New York Times (NYT) has the highest net margin (Cimpress (CMPR) 2.6%, Fedex (FDX) 4.7%, New York Times (NYT) 13.2%). On return on invested capital, Cimpress (CMPR) leads (Cimpress (CMPR) 14.6%, Fedex (FDX) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fedex (FDX) returned the most: Cimpress (CMPR) +21.3%, Fedex (FDX) +55.7%, New York Times (NYT) +22.1%. Over five years, Fedex (FDX) compounded fastest (Cimpress (CMPR) -1.9%/yr, Fedex (FDX) +9.7%/yr, New York Times (NYT) +4.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cimpress (CMPR) 0.00%, Fedex (FDX) 0.00%, New York Times (NYT) 0.01%. Cimpress (CMPR) and Fedex (FDX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fedex (FDX) has been the steadiest (Cimpress (CMPR) 41.4%, Fedex (FDX) 28.3%, New York Times (NYT) 31.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMPR, FDX and NYT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fedex (FDX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.