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United Parcel Service

IndustrialsTransportation & UtilitiesS&P 500
Ticker UPSATLANTA, GAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $17.71Diluted shares 851.0M

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is a global package delivery and logistics provider founded in 1907 that operates an integrated air and ground network serving over 200 countries and territories. The company maintains its corporate presence at www.ups.com and investor relations information at… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$88.66BFY2025
−2.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $89.93B
8.87%FY2025
−0.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 7.31%
$5.57BFY2025
−3.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $4.57B
34.34%FY2025
−0.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 30.33%
Cash & financing
$8.45BFY2025
−16.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $8.87B
$4.76BFY2025
−23.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $5.46B
1.49FY2025
Was 1.27× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 1.63
850.0MFY2025
−0.7% year over year
Last 12 mo 851.0M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What United Parcel Service does

In the company’s own words

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is a global package delivery and logistics provider founded in 1907 that operates an integrated air and ground network serving over 200 countries and territories. The company maintains its corporate presence at www.ups.com and investor relations information at www.investors.ups.com.

UPS operates through two primary reporting segments: U.S. Domestic Package and International Package, collectively referred to as global small package operations, along with Supply Chain Solutions (SCS). The company delivered an average of 20.8 million packages per day in 2025, totaling 5.2 billion packages for the year, generating total revenue of $88.7 billion.

The U.S. Domestic Package segment provides time-definite delivery services including same-day, next-day, two-day, and three-day air services, along with ground delivery reaching substantially all business and residential zip codes in the contiguous United States. The International Package segment offers guaranteed day and time-definite services across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia, supported by brokerage capabilities for cross-border clearance.

The SCS segment encompasses forwarding, logistics, and digital businesses. UPS operates as one of the largest U.S. domestic airfreight carriers and global airfreight forwarders, provides ocean freight and customs brokerage services, and operates multi-client and dedicated logistics facilities. The company has strategically expanded its healthcare logistics capabilities, generating over $11 billion in healthcare revenue in 2025 through organic growth and acquisitions including Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group.

UPS employs approximately 460,000 people globally, including 370,000 in the United States and 90,000 internationally, comprising roughly 75,000 management employees and 385,000 hourly employees. Nearly 80 percent of U.S. employees are represented by unions, primarily the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

The company's competitive strengths include its integrated global smart logistics network, sophisticated RFID-enabled technology systems, presence in all major economies, cutting-edge digital tools and artificial intelligence capabilities, consistent service quality, broad service portfolio, established customer relationships, strong brand equity, distinctive culture, and financial strength enabling strategic investments and acquisitions.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Transportation & Utilities
Headquarters
ATLANTA, GA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1090727
SIC
4210

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-10.03B$20.07B$50.17B$80.27B$110.37B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns United Parcel Service — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

860
funds hold it
3 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$22.81B
held by funds, at market
28.3%
of shares held by funds
27
bond issues held by funds

Superinvestors in United Parcel Service · what they did last quarter

Bruce BerkowitzNEW
Fairholme Capital Management
0.2%of 13F portfolio
Mark HillmanUNCHANGED
Hillman Capital Management
1.7%of 13F portfolio
Tweedy BrowneINCREASED +7.2%
Tweedy, Browne
0.1%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · United Parcel Service’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.11%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.12%of fund net assets
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
SCHD · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
1.98%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV · iShares Trust
0.12%of fund net assets
Fidelity 500 Index Fund
FXAIX · Fidelity Concord Street Trust
0.12%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

United Parcel Service’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 27 issues of United Parcel Service’s debt, $1.46B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.83%, maturing 2026 to 2065.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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