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With earnings estimates for FDX moving south, we assess if it is a buy at the current levels.

The March 2025 US jobs report revealed a robust addition of 228,000 jobs, surpassing economists' expectations of 140,000 and the 12-month average of 158,000.

Amid low shipment volumes, cost-cutting efforts and tariff concerns, let's see which of these heavyweights, FDX or UPS, emerges as a better pick now.

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It's not often that the stock market's cyclicality brings on value deals with the potential of making a life-changing return for investors, yet when those opportunities come about, they can be sure these will likely be short-lived as more capital starts to chase the diminishing opportunities of a value investment. Today, there are three names (big enough in the United States economy) that would fit this description for investors to consider.

Global shipping and retail take focus for Joel Hawthorne in today's Big 3. He explains why he leans bearish on FedEx (FDX), UPS Inc. (UPS) and Lululemon (LULU) and offers example options trades for each company.

Shares of FedEx (FDX -0.84%) 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 (UPS -1.18%) 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.

FedEx (FDX -0.84%) hit a 52-week low on March 21 after reporting earnings and slashing its full-year guidance. However, the stock has since recovered nearly all of the losses from that sell-off -- although FedEx is still down over 14% in the past year at the time of this writing.

With FDX stock moving south, here we assess if it is a buy at current levels.

Boeing's (BA) comeback story continues to fly higher after Melius Research upgraded the stock to buy, citing leadership changes and its Pentagon contract as catalysts. Melius and BofA also downgraded Lockheed Martin (LMT) as the firms see limited upside compared to Boeing.