United Parcel Service (United Parcel Service) Operating Income

: $9,141 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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United Parcel Service's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,477 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,141 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. United Parcel Service's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,477 Mil. United Parcel Service's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $24,917 Mil. Therefore, United Parcel Service's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.94%.

Good Sign:

United Parcel Service Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

United Parcel Service's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 3.40% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. United Parcel Service's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 13.17%. United Parcel Service's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 22.30%.

United Parcel Service Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Parcel Service's Operating Income can be seen below:

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United Parcel Service Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Operating Income

7,798.00

7,684.00

12,810.00

13,094.00

9,141.00

United Parcel Service Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Operating Income																3,195.00	2,541.00	2,780.00	1,343.00	2,477.00

United Parcel Service Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9,141 Mil.

United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

United Parcel Service's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	9908 * ( 1 - 22.2% )	/	( (57534	+	59556)	/ 2 )
=	7708.424	/	58545
=	13.17 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	70281	-	9313	-	( 7278	-	max(0, 15817	-	19251	+	7278	))
=	57534

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	70857	-	9564	-	( 6072	-	max(0, 17676	-	19413	+	6072	))
=	59556

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

United Parcel Service's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2023		Q: Dec. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	9080	/	( ( (40175 + max(-937, 0))	+	(41253 + max(-278, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	9080	/	( ( 40175	+	41253 )	/	2 )
=	9080	/	40714
=	22.30 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(9461	+	0	+	2512)	-	(9313	+	0	+	3597)
=	-937

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(11216	+	0	+	2125)	-	(9564	+	0	+	4055)
=	-278

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

United Parcel Service's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	2477	/	24917
	=	9.94 %

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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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United Parcel Service (United Parcel Service) Business Description

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Address

55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E. Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328

Website

https://www.ups.com

As the world's largest parcel delivery company, UPS manages a massive fleet of more than 500 planes and 100,000 vehicles, along with many hundreds of sorting facilities, to deliver an average of about 25 million packages per day to residences and businesses across the globe. UPS' domestic U.S. package operations generate around 64% of total revenue while international package makes up 20%. Air and ocean freight forwarding, truckload brokerage, and contract logistics make up the remainder.

Executives

Nando Cesarone	officer: President, UPS International	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Laura J Lane	officer: Chief Corp Affairs & Comms Off	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Brian Newman	officer: Chief Financial Officer	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Brothers Norman M. Jr	officer: Sr VP, Gen Counsel & Sec	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Darrell L Ford	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Kathleen M. Gutmann	officer: Senior Vice President	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Kevin M Warren	officer: Chief Marketing Officer	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Bala Subramanian	officer: Chief Digital & Tech Officer	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Philippe R Gilbert	officer: Pres, Supply Chain Solutions	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Juan R. Perez	officer: Senior Vice President	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Scott A. Price	officer: Chief Transformation Officer	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Russell Stokes	director	ONE FINANCIAL CENTER, SUITE 3700, BOSTON MA 02111
Wayne M. Hewett	director	5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Charlene A Thomas	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Kathleen E Johnson	director	55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328