As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of United Parcel Service is 4.52%.
Good Sign:
United Parcel Service Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for United Parcel Service's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
UPS'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.82 Med: 2.83 Max: 4.73
Current: 4.52
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of United Parcel Service was 4.73%. The lowest was 1.82%. And the median was 2.83%.
UPS's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 68.96% of 625
companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.99
vs UPS: 4.52
United Parcel Service's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.66.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of United Parcel Service Inc is 0.75, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of United Parcel Service was 0.82. The lowest was 0.38. And the median was 0.60.
United Parcel Service's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.62.
During the past 12 months, United Parcel Service's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 17.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of United Parcel Service was 36.30% per year. The lowest was 3.80% per year. And the median was 8.70% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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United Parcel Service Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for United Parcel Service's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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United Parcel Service Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Dividend Yield %
3.28
2.40
1.90
3.46
4.12
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
Dividend Yield %
3.46
3.19
3.50
4.09
4.12
Competitive Comparison
For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, United Parcel Service's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
United Parcel Service Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Parcel Service's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where United Parcel Service's Dividend Yield % falls into.
United Parcel Service Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
United Parcel Service Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 1.630
2024-02-16
2024-02-20
2024-03-08
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.620
2023-11-10
2023-11-13
2023-11-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.620
2023-08-11
2023-08-14
2023-08-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.620
2023-05-12
2023-05-15
2023-06-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
United Parcel Service's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
6.49
/
143.80
=
4.51 %
Current Share Price is $143.80.
United Parcel Service's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $6.49.
United Parcel Service's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
6.52
/
143.80
=
4.53 %
Current Share Price is $143.80.
United Parcel Service's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $1.63 * 4 = $6.52.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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United Parcel Service (United Parcel Service) Business Description
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.
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