United Parcel Service Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Parcel Service in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" United Parcel Service stock. 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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United Parcel Service is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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United Parcel Service will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 2nd. The transportation company reported $2.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.14 by $0.52. The transportation company earned $24.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.85 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 5.71% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 161.20%. United Parcel Service's quarterly revenue was up 21.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.11 earnings per share.
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United Parcel Service's stock was trading at $87.99 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UPS shares have increased by 100.3% and is now trading at $176.21.
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United Parcel Service declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $1.02 per share on Wednesday, March 10th. This represents a $4.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 19th. This is an increase from United Parcel Service's previous quarterly dividend of $1.01.
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United Parcel Service pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.32%. United Parcel Service does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of United Parcel Service is 54.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, United Parcel Service will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.75% next year. This indicates that United Parcel Service will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for United Parcel Service's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $215.00. On average, they anticipate United Parcel Service's stock price to reach $159.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%.
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4,404 employees have rated United Parcel Service CEO David Abney on Glassdoor.com. David Abney has an approval rating of 68% among United Parcel Service'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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Centric Wealth Management (0.05%), Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.03%), Nexus Investment Management ULC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own United Parcel Service stock include Carol B Tome, David P Abney, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann, Laura J Lane, Norman M Brothers Jr and Wayne M Hewett.
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UPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lynch & Associates IN, Calamos Advisors LLC, BTR Capital Management Inc., FDx Advisors Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Hexavest Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include David P Abney, Kathleen M Gutmann, Laura J Lane, and Norman M Brothers Jr.
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UPS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Stack Financial Management Inc, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Anderson Hoagland & Co., Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Everence Capital Management Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., and Thomasville National Bank. Company insiders that have bought United Parcel Service stock in the last two years include Carol B Tome, and Wayne M Hewett.
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One share of UPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $176.21.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $152.78 billion and generates $74.09 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $4.44 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.53 on an earnings per share basis.

United Parcel Service employs 273,510 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of United Parcel Service: BT Property Holdings, BT Realty, BT Realty II, C.C. & E. I, Cemelog Kft, Challenge Air, Coyote Logistics, Coyote Logistics Midco, First International Bancorp, Freightex, Fritz Companies, Kiala, Lynx Express, Mail Boxes Etc. Australia, Marken LLP, Menlo Worldwide, Nightline Logistics Group, Overnite, Pieffe Group, PolarSpeed, Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services Inc., TNT Express, UPICO Corporation, UPINSCO, UPS Asia Group Pte. Ltd., UPS Expedited Mail Services, UPS Global Treasury Plc, UPS Ground Freight, UPS Grundstucksverwaltungs GmbH, UPS Limited, UPS Parcel Delivery Service Limited, UPS SCS, UPS SCS (Nederland) B.V., UPS Supply Chain Solutions, UPS Worldwide Forwarding, United Parcel Service, United Parcel Service Canada Ltd., United Parcel Service Co., United Parcel Service Deutschland S.à r.l. & Co. OHG, United Parcel Service France SAS, United Parcel Service General Services Co., United Parcel Service Italia SRL, United Parcel Service LLC & Co. OHG, United Parcel Service of America, and X4i Limited.

United Parcel Service was founded in 1907.

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

United Parcel Service is headquartered at 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE, ATLANTA GA, 30328.

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.