United Parcel Service, Inc. | Large-cap | Industrials

TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 21.5B
Gross Profit 3.7B 17.08%
Operating Income 1.7B 7.73%
Net Income 1.2B 5.51%
EPS (Diluted) $1.40

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 68.5B
Total Liabilities 52.8B
Shareholders Equity 15.7B
Debt to Equity 3.37

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 2.5B
Free Cash Flow 1.4B

Revenue & Profitability Trend

United Parcel Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Revenue i 91.1B 91.0B 100.3B 97.3B 84.6B
Cost of Goods Sold i 74.7B 73.7B 79.3B 77.0B 69.3B
Gross Profit i 16.4B 17.2B 21.0B 20.3B 15.3B
Gross Margin % i 18.0% 18.9% 20.9% 20.8% 18.1%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i - - - - -
Selling, General & Administrative i - - - - -
Other Operating Expenses i 7.9B 8.1B 7.9B 7.5B 7.6B
Total Operating Expenses i 7.9B 8.1B 7.9B 7.5B 7.6B
Operating Income i 8.5B 9.1B 13.1B 12.8B 7.7B
Operating Margin % i 9.3% 10.0% 13.0% 13.2% 9.1%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i - - - - -
Interest Expense i 866.0M 785.0M 704.0M 694.0M 701.0M
Other Non-Operating Income -160.0M 217.0M 2.4B 4.5B -5.1B
Pre-tax Income i 7.4B 8.6B 14.8B 16.6B 1.8B
Income Tax i 1.7B 1.9B 3.3B 3.7B 501.0M
Effective Tax Rate % i 22.3% 21.8% 22.1% 22.3% 27.2%
Net Income i 5.8B 6.7B 11.5B 12.9B 1.3B
Net Margin % i 6.3% 7.4% 11.5% 13.2% 1.6%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i 12.1B 12.5B 16.3B 15.8B 10.4B
EPS (Basic) i $6.76 $7.81 $13.26 $14.75 $1.65
EPS (Diluted) i $6.75 $7.80 $13.20 $14.68 $1.64
Basic Shares Outstanding i 855000000 859000000 871000000 874000000 867000000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i 855000000 859000000 871000000 874000000 867000000

Income Statement Trend

United Parcel Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i 6.1B 3.2B 5.6B 10.3B 5.9B
Short-term Investments i 206.0M 2.9B 2.0B 338.0M 406.0M
Accounts Receivable i 10.9B 11.2B 12.6B 12.5B 10.8B
Inventory i 826.0M - 889.0M 717.0M 620.0M
Other Current Assets 1.3B 2.1B 2.0B 1.1B 1.3B
Total Current Assets i 19.3B 19.4B 22.2B 24.9B 20.2B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i 6.9B 7.0B 6.2B 6.4B 5.7B
Goodwill i 11.7B 13.0B 11.2B 9.9B 9.0B
Intangible Assets i 3.1B 3.3B 2.8B 2.5B 2.3B
Long-term Investments - - - - -
Other Non-Current Assets 2.1B 2.0B 3.4B 1.3B 1.2B
Total Non-Current Assets i 50.8B 51.4B 48.9B 44.5B 42.2B
Total Assets i 70.1B 70.9B 71.1B 69.4B 62.4B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i 6.3B 6.3B 7.5B 7.5B 6.5B
Short-term Debt i 2.6B 4.1B 3.0B 2.7B 3.2B
Current Portion of Long-term Debt - - - - -
Other Current Liabilities 1.4B 1.3B 1.5B 1.4B 1.8B
Total Current Liabilities i 16.4B 17.7B 18.1B 17.6B 17.0B
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i 23.1B 22.7B 20.6B 22.8B 24.6B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i 3.6B 3.8B 4.3B 3.1B 488.0M
Other Non-Current Liabilities 3.4B 3.3B 3.5B 3.6B 3.8B
Total Non-Current Liabilities i 36.9B 35.9B 33.2B 37.6B 44.7B
Total Liabilities i 53.3B 53.5B 51.3B 55.1B 61.7B
Equity
Common Stock i 9.0M 9.0M 9.0M 9.0M 9.0M
Retained Earnings i 20.9B 21.1B 21.3B 16.2B 6.9B
Treasury Stock i 7.0M 9.0M 13.0M 16.0M 20.0M
Other Equity - - - - -
Total Shareholders Equity i 16.7B 17.3B 19.8B 14.3B 669.0M
Key Metrics
Total Debt i 25.7B 26.7B 23.5B 25.5B 27.8B
Working Capital i 2.9B 1.7B 4.1B 7.4B 3.2B

Balance Sheet Composition

United Parcel Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Operating Activities
Net Income i 5.8B 6.7B 11.5B 12.9B 1.3B
Depreciation & Amortization i 3.6B 3.4B 3.2B 3.0B 2.7B
Stock-Based Compensation i 24.0M 220.0M 1.6B 878.0M 796.0M
Working Capital Changes i -245.0M -76.0M -180.0M -419.0M -550.0M
Operating Cash Flow i 9.4B 10.5B 16.8B 18.1B 4.3B
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i - - - 872.0M 40.0M
Acquisitions i 1.0B -1.1B -743.0M 270.0M 20.0M
Investment Purchases i -76.0M -3.5B -1.9B -312.0M -254.0M
Investment Sales i 2.7B 2.7B 255.0M 366.0M 360.0M
Investing Cash Flow i 3.7B -2.0B -2.7B 1.2B 169.0M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i -500.0M -2.2B -3.5B -500.0M -224.0M
Dividends Paid i -5.4B -5.4B -5.1B -3.4B -3.4B
Debt Issuance i 2.8B 3.4B 0 0 5.0B
Debt Repayment i -2.5B -2.4B -2.3B -2.8B -3.4B
Financing Cash Flow i -6.8B -5.5B -11.2B -6.8B -4.5B
Free Cash Flow i 6.2B 5.1B 9.3B 10.8B 5.0B
Net Change in Cash i 6.2B 3.0B 2.9B 12.5B -23.0M

Cash Flow Trend

United Parcel Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 12.79
Forward P/E 9.76
Price to Book 4.63
Price to Sales 0.81
PEG Ratio -1.51

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 6.35%
Operating Margin 9.02%
Return on Equity 34.91%
Return on Assets 6.97%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.32
Debt to Equity 183.24
Beta 1.08

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $6.72
Book Value per Share $18.57
Revenue per Share $106.06

Peer Financial Comparison

Company Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio ROE Profit Margin Debt/Equity
ups 73.1B 12.79 4.63 34.91% 6.35% 183.24
FedEx 56.6B 14.49 2.10 15.00% 4.65% 1.36
Expeditors 16.4B 19.95 7.53 39.04% 7.57% 26.69
C.H. Robinson 15.8B 30.41 8.87 32.43% 3.14% 94.81
J.B. Hunt Transport 14.4B 25.41 3.70 14.33% 4.59% 55.75
GXO Logistics 6.2B 108.69 2.16 2.30% 0.50% 188.94

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.