United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $117.47, with 5.01 million shares of worth about $588.27 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -8.87% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -1.17%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 854.17M shares, out of which, 739.72M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.92% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 1.78%. Year-to-date (YTD), UPS shares are showing a performance of -6.84% which decreased to -23.41% 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 6.00 million. The stock is currently trading -0.30% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -2.55% for SMA50 and it goes to -9.06% lower than SMA200.
United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE: UPS) currently have 854.17M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 61.02% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $100.34B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.05. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.38, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.76 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.63 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 1.72% while standing at 1.82% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 1.09% while it is estimated to increase by 12.18% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.60% 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 Truist on March 13, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $140 to it. Coverage by Deutsche Bank stated United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) stock as a Hold in their note to investors on March 07, 2025, suggesting a price target of $119 for the stock. On January 31, 2025, Robert W. Baird Downgrade their recommendations, while on January 22, 2025, Evercore ISI Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $147. Stock get a Buy rating from BofA Securities on January 16, 2025.
