Company Analysis

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)

NYSE: UPS · Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade5.4
◀ Past 6.3● Present 5.9▶ Future 3.9

The grade of United Parcel Service, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past6.330% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future3.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $62 billion in fiscal 2016 to $89 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.1% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.1%bottom 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.6%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.0% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, United Parcel Service, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 34%: 34¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, United Parcel Service, Inc. earned about 34 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • return on equitytop 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 8 in its family; net margin 6.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $89 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 6.3% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of -4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$88.66Btop 8% of its family
  • net margin6.3%top 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-4.0%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 33% of 1 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 1 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Tome, Carol B (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-06-02, 6.4 years (top 50% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (top 25%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 21 peopletop 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearstop 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.4 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5.9 billion against debt of $24 billion leaves -24.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.4% of revenue (top 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-24.2%bottom 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.4%top 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 31% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 31st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4% a year over the last three filed years against 4.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew -2.6% (bottom 36%); capital spending grew -8.2% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). United Parcel Service, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: U.S.Domestic Package at $60 billion, International at $19 billion. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 76% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.2 points a yearbottom 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.6%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-8.2%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

United Parcel Service, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $89 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.2% above the $87 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $5.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $8.0 billion (bottom 25%); a net margin of 6.3% against 8.4% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.2%top 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-31%bottom 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.1 pointsbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton UPS · research, not advice