NYSE:UPS - United Parcel Service Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

United Parcel Service declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.96 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a $3.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The transportation company reported $1.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.03. The transportation company had revenue of $18.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.98 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 6.56% and a return on equity of 175.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.94 earnings per share. View United Parcel Service's Earnings History.

United Parcel Service is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.45-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.45.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for United Parcel Service's stock. Their predictions range from $87.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect United Parcel Service's stock price to reach $119.9306 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Parcel Service.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Parcel Service in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United Parcel Service.

Media coverage about UPS stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Parcel Service earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,460,300 shares, an increase of 24.4% from the June 30th total of 12,427,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,410,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View United Parcel Service's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Parcel Service include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), FedEx (FDX), SWIRE PAC LTD/S (SWRAY), DEUTSCHE POST A/S (DPSGY), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Southwest Airlines (LUV), A P MOLLER-MAER/ADR (AMKBY), United Continental (UAL), KUEHNE & NAGEL/ADR (KHNGY) and DSV AS/ADR (DSDVY).

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United Parcel Service's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.49%), BlackRock Inc. (4.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.83%) and Invesco Ltd. (0.75%). Company insiders that own United Parcel Service stock include Alan Gershenhorn, George Willis, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann, Nando Cesarone, Norman M Brothers Jr, Richard N Peretz and Teri P Mcclure. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Parcel Service.

UPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Everett Harris & Co. CA, BlackRock Inc., Holocene Advisors LP, Comerica Bank, Prudential Financial Inc., APG Asset Management N.V. and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include George Willis, James J Barber, Norman M Brothers Jr, Richard N Peretz and Teri P Mcclure. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

UPS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Invesco Ltd., Atria Investments LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., First Trust Advisors LP, Jensen Investment Management Inc. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

Shares of UPS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $115.30.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $99.01 billion and generates $71.86 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $4.79 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.24 on an earnings per share basis. United Parcel Service employs 481,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Parcel Service.

The official website for United Parcel Service is http://www.ups.com/.

United Parcel Service's mailing address is 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 404-828-6000.