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

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 paid a dividend of $0.96 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a $3.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.18%. 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 quarterly earnings data 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 the consensus estimate of $17.98 billion. United Parcel Service had a return on equity of 175.60% and a net margin of 6.56%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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 (EPS) guidance of $7.45-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.45.

20 brokerages have issued twelve-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 $120.8171 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Parcel Service.

20 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, 8 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 headlines about UPS stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Parcel Service earned a coverage optimism score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,824,400 shares, a decrease of 10.6% from the July 31st total of 15,460,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View United Parcel Service's Current Options Chain.

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United Parcel Service's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.49%), BlackRock Inc. (4.96%), BlackRock Inc. (4.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.83%). Company insiders that own United Parcel Service stock include 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, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Holocene Advisors LP, Comerica Bank and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include Norman M Brothers Jr, Richard N Peretz and Teri P Mcclure. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

UPS stock was purchased 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $120.70.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $103.65 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.