The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. United Parcel Service's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.14.
United Parcel Service has a current ratio of 1.14. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for United Parcel Service's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
UPS'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01 Med: 1.22 Max: 1.52
Current: 1.14
During the past 13 years, United Parcel Service's highest Current Ratio was 1.52. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.22.
UPS's Current Ratio is ranked worse than 62.15% of 967
companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.41
vs UPS: 1.14
United Parcel Service Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for United Parcel Service's Current Ratio 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.
Competitive Comparison of United Parcel Service's Current Ratio
For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, United Parcel Service's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio 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's Current Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Parcel Service's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where United Parcel Service's Current Ratio falls into.
United Parcel Service Current Ratio Calculation
The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.
United Parcel Service's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* 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) Current Ratio Explanation
The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.
Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.
The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.
If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.
United Parcel Service Current Ratio Related Terms
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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 22 million packages per day to residences and businesses across the globe. UPS' domestic US 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. UPS is currently pursuing "strategic alternatives" for its truck brokerage unit, Coyote, which it acquired in 2015.
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