United Parcel Service Company Profile (NYSE:UPS)

United Parcel Service trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UPS."

United Parcel Service announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.83 per share on Wednesday, August 30th. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 10th. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The company reported $1.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.12. The business earned $15.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.49 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 5.68% and a return on equity of 417.18%. The business's revenue was up 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.43 earnings per share. View United Parcel Service's Earnings History.

United Parcel Service is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 26th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service issued an update on its FY17 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.86-6.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.96.

15 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for United Parcel Service's shares. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate United Parcel Service's share price to reach $116.07 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for United Parcel Service.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about United Parcel Service stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "United Parcel Service's shares have outperformed its industry as well as rival FedEx over the last three months. While the stock has gained 7.1%, the industry has advanced 5.3%. Shares of FedEx have gained only 1.5% in the period. In fact, UPS is leaving no stone unturned to perform well in the upcoming holiday season. It expects to benefit from the growth in ecommerce. Meanwhile, growth in export shipments continues to boost UPS. Additionally, the company’s efforts to reward its shareholders seem to be encouraging. Earlier this year, it hiked quarterly dividend by 6.4%.  Furthermore, UPS' expansion efforts raise investors’ optimism. However, adverse foreign currency movements and high costs might hurt results in the third quarter of 2017. Results are scheduled to be revealed on Oct 26." (10/6/2017)
• 2. BMO Capital Markets analysts commented, "UPS' management outlined the company's financial targets through F2019 at an investor conference in New York on February 21, 2017. Overall revenue and EPS growth targets are in line with our projections but capex is a little higher than expected. Investments in network expansion/modernization and forex headwinds are expected to weigh on near-term performance, with gradual improvement in the latter part of 2017-2019 time frame. We rate UPS Market Perform." (2/22/2017)
• 3. Aegis analysts commented, "We are upgrading our investment opinion to BUY from HOLD on UPS shares, on the basis of valuation. Our price target remains $120 on discounted 2018 fundamentals, which implies almost a 16% total return from current levels when taking into account the company's 2.9% dividend yield. UPS shares have declined by 10% since the company's EPS release last week. At current levels, UPS shares are now trading at a market multiple, which is about 10% lower than the shares normal valuation. While we are lowering our 2017e EPS estimate from $6.40 to $5.97, much of this has more to do with removing 350bp of tax reform we previously assumed in our 2017e estimates ($0.32), as well as a slower expected share repurchase level $(0.05), and also factoring for about $0.14 of incremental FX headwinds, offsetting about $0.07 in improved volume and margin assumptions." (2/8/2017)

Some companies that are related to United Parcel Service include Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), Canadian National Railway Company (CNI), FedEx Corporation (FDX), Deutsche Post AG (DPSGY), CSX Corporation (CSX), Norfolk Souther Corporation (NSC), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Southwest Airlines Company (LUV), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP), Ryanair Holdings PLC (RYAAY), American Airlines Group (AAL), Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (GOL), A P MOLLAR-MRSK (AMKBY), International Consoltd Airlns Grp SA (ICAGY), United Continental Holdings (UAL), Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DLAKY), ANA Holdings (ALNPY) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT).

United Parcel Service's management team includes the folowing people:

• David P. Abney, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director
• Richard N. Peretz, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer
• Teri Plummer McClure J.D., Chief Human Resource Officer, Senior Vice President, Labor Relations
• Alan Gershenhorn, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
• Juan Q. Perez, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
• Teresa M. Finley, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Business Services Officer
• Norman M. Brothers Jr., Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
• Kathleen M. Gutmann, Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales and Solutions
• James Jay Barber Jr., Senior Vice President, President - UPS International
• Myron A. Gray, Senior Vice President , President, United States Operations

United Parcel Service's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.05%), PGGM Investments (0.03%), APG Asset Management N.V. (0.03%), Shell Asset Management Co. (0.03%), State Treasurer State of Michigan (0.03%) and Sabal Trust CO (0.03%). Company insiders that own United Parcel Service stock include Alan Gershenhorn, D Scott Davis, David A Barnes, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann and Teri P Mcclure. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Treasurer State of Michigan, PGGM Investments, Lynch & Associates IN, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Bridges Investment Counsel Inc., Foster & Motley Inc., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC and LS Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service stock in the last year include Alan Gershenhorn, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann and Teri P Mcclure. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service's stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shell Asset Management Co., Cacti Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., APG Asset Management N.V., Exane Derivatives, Heritage Way Advisors LLC, Bristlecone Advisors LLC and Rockefeller Financial Services Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

Shares of United Parcel Service can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of United Parcel Service stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.76.