United Parcel Service - UPS Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Parcel Service in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" UPS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UPS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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27 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for United Parcel Service's stock. Their UPS share price forecasts range from $100.00 to $272.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $200.87 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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United Parcel Service's stock was trading at $214.34 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, UPS shares have decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at $181.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 7th 2023.
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United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 25th. The transportation company reported $2.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.84 by $0.15. The transportation company had revenue of $24.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.34 billion. United Parcel Service had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 71.90% and a net margin of 11.07%. United Parcel Service's quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.71 earnings per share.
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United Parcel Service declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $1.52 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 10th.
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United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) pays an annual dividend of $6.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.21%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 47.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UPS will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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United Parcel Service declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, August 5th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

United Parcel Service issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $102.00 billion-$102.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $101.66 billion.

4,404 employees have rated United Parcel Service Chief Executive Officer David Abney on Glassdoor.com. David Abney has an approval rating of 68% among the company's employees.

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

United Parcel Service's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.76%), BlackRock Inc. (6.70%), State Street Corp (3.26%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.73%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Carol B Tome, David P Abney, Juan R Perez, Kathleen M Gutmann, Kevin M Warren, Laura J Lane, Norman M Brothers Jr, Philippe R Gilbert, Russell Stokes and Wayne M Hewett.
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Shares of UPS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $181.16.

United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) has a market capitalization of $156.69 billion and generates $97.29 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $12.89 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.76 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 534,000 workers across the globe.

United Parcel Service's mailing address is 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The official website for the company is www.ups.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (404) 828-6000, via email at investor@ups.com, or via fax at 404-828-7666.