United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $116.60, with 5.8 million shares of worth about $675.92 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -9.58% during that period and on February 20, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.39%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 854.17M shares, out of which, 739.54M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 2.05% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -12.25%. Year-to-date (YTD), UPS shares are showing a performance of -7.53% which decreased to -21.43% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $109.40 but also hit the highest price of $158.95 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for United Parcel Service, Inc shares is 5.65 million. The stock is currently trading -2.21% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -5.82% for SMA50 and it goes to -11.49% lower than SMA200.
United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE: UPS) currently have 854.17M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 60.93% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $99.60B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.94. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.25, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.76 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.21 and has Quick Ratio of 1.12 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for UPS, volatility over the week remained 1.35% while standing at 1.90% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 2.39% while it is estimated to increase by 11.88% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.80% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 5.76% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Robert W. Baird on January 31, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $160 and $130 to it. Coverage by Evercore ISI stated United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) stock as an In-line in their note to investors on January 22, 2025, suggesting a price target of $147 for the stock. On January 16, 2025, BofA Securities Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 08, 2025, Wolfe Research Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $147. Stock get an Outperform rating from BMO Capital Markets on December 10, 2024.
