United Parcel Service - UPS Stock Forecast, Price & News

United Parcel Service, Inc. provides letter and package delivery, transportation, logistics, and related services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States. The International Package segment provides guaranteed day and time-definite international shipping services in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment offers guaranteed time-definite express options. The company also provides international air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, distribution and post-sales, and mail and consulting services in approximately 200 countries and territories. In addition, it offers truckload brokerage services; supply chain solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industry; shipping, visibility, and billing technologies; and financial and insurance services. The company operates a fleet of approximately 121,000 package cars, vans, tractors, and motorcycles; and owns 59,000 containers that are used to transport cargo in its aircraft. United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

United Parcel Service Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:UPS opened at $208.05 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $180.73 billion, a PE ratio of 16.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.08. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $186.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $194.37. United Parcel Service has a one year low of $165.34 and a one year high of $233.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.47 and a current ratio of 1.47.

United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS - Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 26th. The transportation company reported $3.29 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $24.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $24.59 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 10.92% and a return on equity of 76.43%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.06 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that United Parcel Service will post 12.85 EPS for the current year.

United Parcel Service Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.52 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.92%. United Parcel Service's dividend payout ratio is presently 48.84%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

UPS has been the subject of several research reports. Stephens dropped their price objective on shares of United Parcel Service to $210.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 27th. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of United Parcel Service from $249.00 to $217.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 27th. Susquehanna Bancshares dropped their price objective on shares of United Parcel Service from $218.00 to $195.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 27th. Daiwa Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of United Parcel Service to $207.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 27th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on shares of United Parcel Service from $239.00 to $215.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, June 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $215.82.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Kathleen M. Gutmann sold 21,307 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.51, for a total transaction of $4,357,494.57. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 102,591 shares in the company, valued at $20,980,885.41. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, CMO Kevin M. Warren sold 23,366 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.31, for a total transaction of $4,516,881.46. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Kathleen M. Gutmann sold 21,307 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.51, for a total transaction of $4,357,494.57. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 102,591 shares of the company's stock, valued at $20,980,885.41. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.12% of the company's stock.