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United Parcel Service (UPS) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know
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United Parcel Service (UPS - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $107.72, moving +2.3% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.41%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 0.36%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.89%.
Coming into today, shares of the package delivery service had gained 7.04% in the past month. In that same time, the Transportation sector gained 7.23%, while the S&P 500 gained 9.71%.
The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of United Parcel Service in its upcoming release. The company is slated to reveal its earnings on April 28, 2026. In that report, analysts expect United Parcel Service to post earnings of $1.06 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 28.86%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $21.08 billion, down 2.15% from the year-ago period.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $7.07 per share and a revenue of $89.28 billion, indicating changes of -1.26% and +0.7%, respectively, from the former year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for United Parcel Service should also be noted by investors. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed a 0.15% decrease. Right now, United Parcel Service possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, United Parcel Service currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 14.89. This expresses a discount compared to the average Forward P/E of 19.1 of its industry.
Also, we should mention that UPS has a PEG ratio of 1.66. Comparable to the widely accepted P/E ratio, the PEG ratio also accounts for the company's projected earnings growth. As the market closed yesterday, the Transportation - Air Freight and Cargo industry was having an average PEG ratio of 1.7.
The Transportation - Air Freight and Cargo industry is part of the Transportation sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 96, finds itself in the top 40% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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United Parcel Service (UPS) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know
United Parcel Service (UPS - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $107.72, moving +2.3% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.41%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 0.36%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.89%.
Coming into today, shares of the package delivery service had gained 7.04% in the past month. In that same time, the Transportation sector gained 7.23%, while the S&P 500 gained 9.71%.
The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of United Parcel Service in its upcoming release. The company is slated to reveal its earnings on April 28, 2026. In that report, analysts expect United Parcel Service to post earnings of $1.06 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 28.86%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $21.08 billion, down 2.15% from the year-ago period.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $7.07 per share and a revenue of $89.28 billion, indicating changes of -1.26% and +0.7%, respectively, from the former year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for United Parcel Service should also be noted by investors. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed a 0.15% decrease. Right now, United Parcel Service possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, United Parcel Service currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 14.89. This expresses a discount compared to the average Forward P/E of 19.1 of its industry.
Also, we should mention that UPS has a PEG ratio of 1.66. Comparable to the widely accepted P/E ratio, the PEG ratio also accounts for the company's projected earnings growth. As the market closed yesterday, the Transportation - Air Freight and Cargo industry was having an average PEG ratio of 1.7.
The Transportation - Air Freight and Cargo industry is part of the Transportation sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 96, finds itself in the top 40% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.