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 Friday, February 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.96 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $3.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 25th. This is an increase from United Parcel Service's previous quarterly dividend of $0.91. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 31st. The transportation company reported $1.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.03. The transportation company earned $19.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.92 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 6.67% and a return on equity of 254.74%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.67 EPS. View United Parcel Service's Earnings History.

United Parcel Service is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

United Parcel Service updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.45-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.71. United Parcel Service also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $7.45-7.75 EPS.

17 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for United Parcel Service's shares. Their predictions range from $87.00 to $147.00. On average, they anticipate United Parcel Service's share price to reach $123.1806 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Parcel Service.

17 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, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United Parcel Service.

News stories about UPS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Parcel Service earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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United Parcel Service's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ronna Sue Cohen (0.34%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.07%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.06%), BTIM Corp. (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%) and Strs Ohio (0.04%). 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 First Manhattan Co., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank, Gradient Investments LLC, Park National Corp OH, OmniStar Financial Group Inc. and Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include George Willis, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann, 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 Ronna Sue Cohen, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Hollencrest Capital Management, Pacer Advisors Inc., Cohen Klingenstein LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV and Hennessy Advisors 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 $114.15.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $98.20 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.

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.