United Parcel Service Inc (UPS) (UPS): Today's Featured Transportation Winner
(
) pushed the Transportation industry higher today making it today's featured transportation winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, United Parcel Service rose 57 cents (0.8%) to $75.51 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.3 million shares of United Parcel Service exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $75.11-$76.07 after having opened the day at $75.39 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $74.94. Other companies within the Transportation industry that increased today were:
(
), up 11.7%,
(
), up 11.1%,
China Eastern Airlines Corporation
(
), up 6.8%, and
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United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation, logistics, and financial services in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain & Freight. The U.S. United Parcel Service has a market cap of $54.39 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.1, above the average transportation industry P/E ratio of 18.9 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 15 analysts that rate United Parcel Service a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates United Parcel Service as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full United Parcel Service Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
(
), down 14.4%,
(
), down 10%,
(
), down 3.1%, and
(
), down 2.8%, were all losers within the transportation industry with
(
) being today's transportation industry loser.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the transportation industry could consider
iShares Dow Jones Transportation
(
) while those bearish on the transportation industry could consider
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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