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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Investors of record on Monday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.96 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a $3.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The transportation company reported $1.96 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.03. The transportation company earned $18.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $17.98 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 6.56% and a return on equity of 175.60%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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 guidance of $7.45-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.45.

19 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for United Parcel Service's shares. Their forecasts range from $87.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate United Parcel Service's stock price to reach $119.9306 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Parcel Service.

19 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, 7 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 recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Parcel Service earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,460,300 shares, an increase of 24.4% from the June 30th total of 12,427,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View United Parcel Service's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Parcel Service include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), FedEx (FDX), SWIRE PAC LTD/S (SWRAY), DEUTSCHE POST A/S (DPSGY), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Southwest Airlines (LUV), A P MOLLER-MAER/ADR (AMKBY), United Continental (UAL), KUEHNE & NAGEL/ADR (KHNGY) and DSV AS/ADR (DSDVY).

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United Parcel Service's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.49%), BlackRock Inc. (4.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.83%) and Invesco Ltd. (0.75%). 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 Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Everett Harris & Co. CA, BlackRock Inc., Holocene Advisors LP, Comerica Bank, Prudential Financial Inc., APG Asset Management N.V. and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include George Willis, James J Barber, Norman M Brothers Jr, Richard N Peretz and Teri P Mcclure. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Parcel Service.

UPS stock was acquired 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $115.30.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $99.01 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.