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United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewUnited Parcel Service, Inc.

Listed on NYSE • Industrials / Integrated Freight & Logistics
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UPS Company Overview & Business Description

United Parcel Service, Inc. provides letter and package delivery, transportation, logistics, and related services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States. The International Package segment provides guaranteed day and time-definite international shipping services in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment offers guaranteed time-definite express options. The company also provides international air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, distribution and post-sales, and mail and consulting services in approximately 200 countries and territories. In addition, it offers truckload brokerage services; supply chain solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industry; shipping, visibility, and billing technologies; and financial and insurance services. The company operates a fleet of approximately 121,000 package cars, vans, tractors, and motorcycles; and owns 59,000 containers that are used to transport cargo in its aircraft. United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key Information

Symbol: UPS
CEO: Carol B. Tome
Exchange: NYSE
CIK: 0001090727
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for UPS

An assessment of the current trend environment for UPS, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for UPS is an Indeterminate Transition Phase (Unclear Direction).

Daily and weekly trends are conflicting, reducing directional conviction and making directional trading less favorable at this stage.

  • The weekly backdrop provides strong tailwinds, confirming that the medium-term path of least resistance is upward.
  • Price is currently trending at a healthy distance, sitting 1.79 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • The market is maintaining a healthy 'Higher-High, Higher-Low' sequence, confirming buyer control.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, UPS in a non-directional consolidation; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: UPS last closed at 100.66, trading 0.5 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (99.66). Technical Classification: Non-Directional / Range-Bound.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 35/100. Classification: Sideways. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.

SuperTrend Risk: Structural Support: Adaptive SuperTrend at 93.47. This level serves as the calculated invalidation point for the current upward structure.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Non-Directional. Price is oscillating within a low-momentum range. Risk is two-sided, favoring mean-reversion strategies over trend-following.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 100.66, KAMA 99.66.

UPS Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:53 PM EST)

Price
100.03
Change
-0.705
Change %
-0.70%
Open
100.69
Previous Close
100.73
High
100.82
Low
99.91
Volume
1,716,255
Market Cap
84,859,772,928
EV/EBITDA
7.8

UPS Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:53 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
738,990,054
FloatShares
738,231,213
Float Ratio
99.90%
Shares Short
17,342,062
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
2.35%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
2.19 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
0.03%
Held Percent Institutions
66.76%