United Parcel Service (UPS) Q3 Earnings: What To Expect

Parcel delivery company UPS (NYSE:UPS) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday before market open. Here’s what to look for.

United Parcel Service beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $21.22 billion, down 2.7% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting United Parcel Service’s revenue to decline 6.1% year on year to $20.89 billion, a reversal from the 5.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.31 per share.United Parcel Service Total Revenue

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. United Parcel Service has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.

Looking at United Parcel Service’s peers in the transportation and logistics segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. FedEx delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.7%, and Ryder reported flat revenue, falling short of estimates by 0.7%. FedEx traded up 2.2% following the results while Ryder was down 11.7%.

Read our full analysis of FedEx’s results here and Ryder’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the transportation and logistics segment, with share prices up 3.7% on average over the last month. United Parcel Service is up 3.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $99.13 (compared to the current share price of $87.34).

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