Industrials · Logistics
UPS United Parcel Service
Picks up, sorts, flies, trucks and delivers packages and freight in more than 200 countries, for businesses and consumers.
- The forklift, the warehouse, the last mile.
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Price · as of previous close
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How it makes money
- Per-package delivery charges in the U.S.
- International express and freight
- Supply-chain and logistics services for businesses
- Surcharges for fuel, residential delivery and peak season
What an owner watches
- Package volumes, especially from online retail
- Revenue per package versus cost per package
- Labour contracts — most of its workforce is unionized
- Competition from carriers building their own delivery networks
Questions we ask in class
- What happens to a delivery company when its biggest customer starts delivering its own boxes?
- Why does the price per package matter more than the number of packages?
- How do fuel prices reach an owner's results?
What this page is
An educational profile: what the business does and the questions an owner asks. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation to buy or sell United Parcel Service, and not a forecast. Every company page on this site follows the same structure so you can compare businesses, not prices. Disclosures →