United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)

Post office continues to lose market share now and well into the future. UPS will benefit by these events over the next number of years. If it was not for the advertising dollars put into the U.S. Post Office there would be even greater loses for them. PKG goods will make more for companies than plain letter distribution. Most people continue to talk by means of computers and cell phones. Most of my recent Christmas cards came to me on E-Mail. Who has 44 cents plus the cost of the cards sent to an average of 50+ people per season. Facts show the trends for the future.

Massive price to book, giving away more in dividends than earnings, near a 52 week high. We still have an excellent post office people, and it's much cheaper! The big brown trucks aren't going anywhere, but the company will become worth much, much less.

Long-term pair versus FedEx

Excellent, wide moat company

A GOOD STOCK

This is a very strong company. Pays a great dividend $1.80 per share per year. Beats the pants off of fed-x and gives employees way better benefits. There is nothing but up side for UPS. As the economy continues to improve so will UPS.

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come on, ups is always there, always will be.

People moving from Post Office in droves for shipping. Superior "store" model to FEDEX. Easier to ship packages from there. But long-term model is questionable. Fuel prices will increase. Labor issues need to be addressed.

good trucking stock

Three types of companies will emerge from the current economic downturn: Lean and positioned well for an increase in volume and revenues, damaged limping along yet will survive but will not be as quick to grow or take full advantage of the increase in economic growth due to loss of key management and short sighted cost cutting measures that kept them out of position for explosive growth... the third will be in a position to be consumed or acquired by the former two. UPS is a master at anticipating trends in markets, makes very smart calculated changes positioning for the future, is not laden with debt (yet I would still like to see more cash either in a stock repurchase or another key acquisition, and UPS does not have the pending labor issues like it's largest competitor FDX does and will eventually succumb to - (have been waiting for the day the two organizations that do the same thing be on the same field and are governed by the same rules).. When the economy picks up, UPS will be in a great position having become a leaner organization without losing its core identity. UPS will continue to excel with its leading edge technology, skilled driver workforce, led by the time tested managerial principles set forth by their visionary founder Jim Casey!! UPS OUTPERFORMS IN THE LONG HAUL!!

Recent congressional ruling in favor of properly categorizing FDX workers (non-airway services) as non-railway employees will make UPS more competitive as FDX deals with this change in culture, compensation & benefit demands.

Profile
United Parcel Service, Inc.
55 Glenlake Parkway NE
Atlanta, GA 30328
United States - Map
Phone: 404-828-6000
Fax: 404-828-7666
Web Site: www.ups.com

DETAILS
Index Membership: Dow Jones Composite
Dow Transportation
S&P 100
S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector: Services
Industry: Air Delivery & Freight Services
Full Time Employees: 260,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY
United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation, logistics, and financial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain & Freight. The U.S. Domestic Package segment operations include time-definite delivery of letters, documents, and packages in the United States. The International Package segment provides air and ground delivery of small packages and letters to approximately 200 countries and territories, including shipments outside the United States and shipments with either origin or distribution outside the United States; export services; and domestic services move shipments within a country?s borders. The Supply Chain & Freight segment offers forwarding and logistics services, including supply chain design and management, freight distribution, customs brokerage, mail, and consulting services; and less-than-truckload and truckload services to customers in North America. In addition, it offers various technology solutions for automated shipping, visibility, and billing; service, information technology systems, and distribution facilities to various industries, such as healthcare, technology, and consumer/retail; and a portfolio of financial services that provides customers with short-term and long-term financing, secured lending, working capital, government guaranteed lending, letters of credit, global trade financing, credit cards, and equipment leasing. As of December 31, 2008, the company operated a fleet of approximately 107000 package cars, vans, tractors, and motorcycles, as well as an air fleet of approximately 570 aircraft. United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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People will keep shipping products everywhere. This company will survive the downturn and prosper in the long-term.

This company will be around as long as we will

Cheaper than Fedex . Lots of benefits with lower
costs . Beats the PO hands down . Low pe and good
yielding stock , Good balance sheet . Growth is
certain in this one , and with more home shopping
who is going to deliver the goods?

Ups has been beaten down by Wall Street. Although the economy is tough and volume is down UPS consistently produces big profits. They have their lowest p/e ratio in years and are getting mean and lean while others are pulling back products and services. When the economy comes back the tramsportation stocks are the first ones to benifit and UPS is best positioned not only in the US but around the entire world.

There are approximately 150,000 domestic and international access points to UPS. These include nearly 40,000 branded drop-boxes, more than 1,000 UPS customer centers, over 5,800 independently owned and operated The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. locations worldwide (over 4,400 in the United States), more than 2,400 alliance partner locations, in excess of 15,000 authorized shipping outlets and commercial counters, and more than 85,000 UPS drivers who can accept packages given to them.

UPS will outperform S&P as economy recovers, due to the following: Loss of major competitor in USA (DHL) in 2008. Highest operating margins in the delviery and logistics business. More deversify products Parcel & Logistics. Well positioned in Europe and Asia to take advantage of global growth outside of US. High Cash generation. Continued captial investment to grow business even in economic down turn. Stable and deep home grown managment team.