United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, January 22, with the stock price down by -0.24% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $132.55.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $132.87, falling within a range of $131.25 and $133.43. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.982 whereas the PE ratio was 20.04 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $161.35, and the low was $121.56. On the whole, UPS has fluctuated by 7.05% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of United Parcel Service, Inc currently standing at about $113.11 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in February. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 6.52, with its dividend yield at 4.92%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 91.22B, with a low estimate of 25.1B and a high estimate of 26.43B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 25.42B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that UPS’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a Hold.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 5.39, with the price of UPS currently trading nearly 4.70% and 2.52% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 62.92, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.55% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.72%. Furthermore, United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS)’s beta value is 0.98, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.44.
A comparison of United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. UPS showed an intraday change of -0.24% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -15.51%%.
Data on historical trading for United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 4.84 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 4.33 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 853.37 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 14.31% of United Parcel Service, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 61.34% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 11.92 million shares as on 2024-12-31, resulting in a short ratio of 2.45. According to the data, the short interest in United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) stood at 163.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-29 reached 14.0 million. The stock has risen by 5.11% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the UPS stock heading into the next quarter.
