United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) went up 1.19% yesterday: Is this the Most Sought-After Stock Today?

As on Thursday, United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) got off with the flyer as it spiked 1.19% to $149.01, before settling in for the price of $147.26 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, UPS posted a 52-week range of $133.68-$197.80.

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In the past 5-years timespan, the Industrials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 5.15%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 7.20%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -7.68%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $853.68 million, simultaneously with a float of $727.72 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $127.21 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $149.38, while the 200-day Moving Average is $158.63.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Integrated Freight & Logistics industry. United Parcel Service, Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 14.76%, in contrast to 61.86% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 02 ’24, this organization’s Director bought 1,400 shares at the rate of 142.30, making the entire transaction reach 199,220 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 1,400. Preceding that transaction, on Aug 16 ’23, Company’s President, US Operations sold 22,825 for 171.70, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 3,919,052. This particular insider is now the holder of 1 in total.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) Earnings and Revenue Records

If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/30/2023, the company posted $2.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at $2.46) by $0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.04 per share during the current fiscal year.

United Parcel Service, Inc.’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -7.68% and is forecasted to reach 9.58 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 10.22% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 7.20% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.05. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 3.37. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $19.12, and its Beta score is 1.06. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.40. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 25.04.

In the same vein, UPS’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 7.79, a figure that is expected to reach 1.31 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 9.58 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [United Parcel Service, Inc., UPS], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 3.1 million was lower the volume of 4.34 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 37.82% While, its Average True Range was 3.40.

Raw Stochastic average of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 40.58%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 37.56% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 41.17% that was higher than 27.07% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.