The trading price of United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS) closed higher on Tuesday, July 08, and closing at $102.38, 1.52% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $101.2027 and $103.7024. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 14.93, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.189. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $148.15 and a 52-week low of $90.55. Over the past month, the stock has gained 5.69% in value.
United Parcel Service, Inc, whose market valuation is $86.70 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-29. The dividend yield on the company stock is 6.39%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 6.54. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest UPS has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Sell.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned UPS a recommendation rating is 18. Out of them, 6 rate it a Hold, while 9 recommend Buy, whereas 1 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) as Underweight, while 2 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 4.29, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that UPS’s price is currently 1.19% off the SMA20 and 3.54% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 54.47, and weekly volatility stands at 3.04%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 1.89%. United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.11. With analysts defining $45-$115 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $76 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 56.05% off the estimated low and -12.33% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if UPS’s share price rises to $76, which is the median consensus price. At that level, UPS’s share price would be 25.77% above current price.
To see how United Parcel Service, Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: UPS stock’s performance was 1.52% in the latest trading, and -18.81% in the past year. United Parcel Service, Inc has a P/E ratio of 14.93.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS) indicates that the 3-month average is 5.60 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 5.21.
Currently, records show that 846.80 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 13.37% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 60.44%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-06-13, stood at 16.44 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.34 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 224.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in June were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 18.22 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -24.47% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
