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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 16th. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) issued 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 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 last year, the firm posted $1.94 EPS. View United Parcel Service's Earnings History.

United Parcel Service is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.45-7.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.45.

18 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for United Parcel Service's shares. Their predictions range from $87.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect United Parcel Service's share price to reach $121.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Parcel Service.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Parcel Service in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 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.

Press coverage about UPS stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 12,590,000 shares, a decline of 12.3% from the August 30th total of 14,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 shareholders include Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.05%), Centric Wealth Management (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%), Lynch & Associates IN (0.02%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gradient Investments LLC, North Star Investment Management Corp., Lederer & Associates Investment Counsel CA, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA, Nexus Investment Management Inc. and Boltwood Capital Management. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lynch & Associates IN, Centric Wealth Management, Artemis Investment Management LLP, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Rockland Trust Co., Cacti Asset Management LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings 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 $116.03.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $99.63 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.