United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) Stock

About United Parcel Service, Inc.

United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery and logistics provider, offers transportation and delivery services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery services for express letters, documents, packages and palletized freight through air and ground services. The International Package segment provides small package operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Canada and Latin America, and Asia. The company offers a range of guaranteed day- and time-definite international transportation services; day-definite services; cross-border ground package delivery; contract-only, e-commerce solutions for non-urgent, and cross-border shipments; and international service for urgent and palletized shipments. It also provides international air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage and insurance, mail services, healthcare logistics, distribution, and post-sales services. United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

United Parcel Service, Inc. is led by CEO Carol Tome, employs 241,250 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 1999.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) stock trades at $104.69 with a market capitalization of $88.88B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.49, price-to-book of 5.66, price-to-sales of 1.04. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $82.00 and $122.41, and currently trades 14.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 6.07%.

On profitability, United Parcel Service, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 33.35% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 48.40%, an operating margin of 8.46%, a net profit margin of 5.94%.

In its most recent fiscal year, United Parcel Service, Inc. reported annual revenue of $88.7B, net profit of $5.6B, revenue has compounded at 1.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 32.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.22, total assets of $73.1B, $5.9B in cash and equivalents.

UPS has an average daily trading volume of 5,934,290 shares, a beta of 1.04.

Official website: www.ups.com