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

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, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $1.01 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $4.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 24th. This is an increase from United Parcel Service's previous quarterly dividend of $0.96. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The transportation company reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $2.11. The transportation company earned $20.57 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.66 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 5.99% and a return on equity of 156.11%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior 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 Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.76 to $8.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.06.

20 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for United Parcel Service's shares. Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate United Parcel Service's share price to reach $126.12 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.5% 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 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Parcel Service.

Headlines about UPS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Parcel Service earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 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 impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for United Parcel Service.

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United Parcel Service's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.32%), Capital World Investors (1.65%), FMR LLC (1.34%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.00%) and Capital Research Global Investors (0.91%). 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 FMR LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Franklin Resources Inc., Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC, Swiss National Bank, Pacer Advisors Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P. and TD Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include James J Barber, Norman M Brothers Jr 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 Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Capital Research Global Investors, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Jensen Investment Management Inc., Value Partner Investments Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank and Prudential Financial Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

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One share of UPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.94.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $88.30 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 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.