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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 8th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 19th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share on Wednesday, December 5th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 16th. View United Parcel Service's Dividend History.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 24th. The transportation company reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.82. The transportation company had revenue of $17.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $17.48 billion. United Parcel Service had a net margin of 7.68% and a return on equity of 307.54%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.45 earnings per share. View United Parcel Service's Earnings History.

United Parcel Service is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Parcel Service.

United Parcel Service updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.03-7.37 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.26. United Parcel Service also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $7.03-7.37 EPS.

19 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for United Parcel Service's shares. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $147.00. On average, they anticipate United Parcel Service's share price to reach $125.8125 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.3% 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, 11 hold ratings, 6 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 very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

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United Parcel Service's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (4.93%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.99%), Capital World Investors (1.63%), FMR LLC (1.30%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.90%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.74%). Company insiders that own United Parcel Service stock include Alan Gershenhorn, George Willis, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann, Norman M Brothers Jr 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 Capital World Investors, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Parcel Service company stock in the last year include George Willis, James J Barber, Kathleen M Gutmann, Norman M Brothers Jr 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 Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., AXA, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Aviva PLC and BlackRock 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 $110.09.

United Parcel Service has a market capitalization of $94.59 billion and generates $65.87 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $4.91 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.01 on an earnings per share basis. United Parcel Service employs 454,000 workers across the globe.

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.