08-31-2023
| USD/share | |
| Price | 169.40 |
| Dividend | 6.49 |
| Earnings | 13.89 |
| Cash-flow | 16.29 |
| Book value | 22.89 |
| Equity | 19.59 |
United Parcel Service (UPS) is part of Industrial Transportation business, which is part of Industrials industry. United Parcel Service (UPS) is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.
United Parcel Service (UPS) stock dividend
United Parcel Service (UPS) paid a total dividend of 4,692 million USD last year, for a market value of 122,476 millions (Market Cap 122,519 millions). United Parcel Service (UPS) dividend per share is 6.49 USD, and his stock market price 169.40 USD.
According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, United Parcel Service (UPS) has a dividend yield of 3.83%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Industrials industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.
In addition, you should compare United Parcel Service (UPS) stocks dividend with other Industrial Transportation companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.
United Parcel Service (UPS) Dividend Payout
About the ability of United Parcel Service (UPS) to maintain his current dividend of USD 6.49 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.83%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). United Parcel Service (UPS) payout on ernings is currently 46.72%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that United Parcel Service (UPS) can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.
The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of United Parcel Service (UPS) is USD 16.29 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 6.49, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.
The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of United Parcel Service (UPS), compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Transportation sector companies.
United Parcel Serv Dividend History
Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of United Parcel Serv's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).
| Year | Yield | USD | Paypout | Shares* |
| Present | 3.83% | 6.49 | 46.72% | 723 |
| 2022 | 3.50% | 6.08 | 39.87% | 734 |
| 2021 | 1.90% | 4.07 | 0.00% | 723 |
| 2020 | 2.40% | 4.04 | 75.51% | 715 |
| 2019 | 3.28% | 3.84 | 65.98% | 698 |
| 2018 | 3.73% | 3.64 | 64.20% | 690 |
| 2017 | 2.79% | 3.32 | 76.85% | 689 |
| 2016 | 2.69% | 3.12 | 56.01% | 691 |
| 2015 | 2.83% | 2.92 | 83.67% | 698 |
*In millions
Then you can see the evolution of United Parcel Service (UPS) dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Industrial Transportation stocks.
United Parcel Service (UPS) Stock performance
Finally, last moth United Parcel Service (UPS) showed a return of -9.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -12.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Industrial Transportation firms.
