

as a package car driver in the company's Metro Jersey District. Kelly, the chairman, began his career with U.P.S.

Since 1995, these drivers, loaders and handlers, who make a starting wage of $8.50 to $9.50 an hour, have been eligible to buy U.P.S.'s voting class A shares.Īnother 40,000 are managers, who at one point in their careers wore the company's signature brown uniforms. shareholders - some 66,000 - work on an hourly basis for the company. stockholder almost certainly never dropped out of Harvard or graduated from Stanford Business School. Still, unlike many owners of much of the paper wealth created in the last few years by the Internet, the average U.P.S. But a few rules of thumb can stave off some nasty surprises. Tips for Investors: When you invest and where matters for taxes.May I Speak to a Human?: Younger investors who are navigating market volatility and trying to save for retirement are finding that digital investment platforms lack the personal touch.2023 Predictions: There are plenty of forecasts coming for where the S&P 500 will be at the end of the year.Value and Growth Stocks: Eight tech giants are no longer “pure growth” stocks, while Exxon and Chevron are, according to a new study.Our Coverage of the Investment World The decline of the stock and bond markets this year has been painful, and it remains difficult to predict what is in store for the future. ''I'm looking forward to wheeling and dealing down the road.'' ''Now I'm going to have to get a broker,'' said Miquel Cartagena, 35, a driver in Manhattan who has been a U.P.S. Many could realize tens of thousands of dollars in profits. employees and are now poised to cash in on the decision to go public.

The market also sent a ringing late 1990's message to the 125,000 shareholders of what up until now has been a privately held company, most of whom are current or retired U.P.S. That is twice the valuation of General Motors, more than three times that of Merrill Lynch and nearly six times that of Federal Express, which, with the exception of the Postal Service, is its biggest rival. That would suggest the company does not anticipate delivering a similar earnings miss when it reports quarterly results next month.It has been in business for 92 years and delivers more than 12 million packages each business day, but until yesterday nobody really knew what United Parcel Service was worth.įor a day at least, investors said the company, which is based in Atlanta, was worth more than $81 billion. 6, UPS held an investor event in New York in which the company reaffirmed its financial targets for the year.
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If FedEx is having trouble filling its cargo bays, presumably UPS is feeling the pinch as well.īut it is worth noting that UPS provided its own update early in the month. FedEx said that a combination of China's COVID-19 closures, war- and energy-related slowdowns in Europe, and the Federal Reserve's efforts to tame inflation in the United States are combining to slow global volumes. In theory, there is sound reason to believe that what FedEx is seeing will hit UPS as well. FedEx late last week preannounced quarterly results that were well below expectations and cut its guidance for the year, causing shares of UPS to sell off as well. Investors know the economy appears to be slowing, but there is a lot of debate about how much it is slowing and what that might mean for shipping stocks. On Monday, investors appear to be taking a more nuanced look at what FedEx said, and UPS shares are rebounding as a result. Shares of United Parcel Service ( UPS 0.04%) sold off last week after archrival FedEx ( FDX 0.17%) provided a bleak outlook for the months ahead.
