Key Takeaways
- UPS is slated to post its fourth-quarter earnings report before the market opens Monday.
- Revenue and profit are expected to rise year-over-year for a second straight quarter after several quarters of declining sales.
- The shipping giant's CEO said UPS was exiting a "challenging 18-month period" in its third-quarter report.
United Parcel Service (UPS) is set to report fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday morning, with analysts expecting the company to record a second straight quarter of year-over-year revenue and profit growth.
Analysts are mostly bullish on the shipping giant's stock; among the 15 covering UPS who are tracked by Visible Alpha, 12 have 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:"buy" ratings, along with two "🏅hold" and one "sell." Their consensus price target of $153.73 is more than 15% above the stock's closing level Friday.
Analysts Expect Second Straight Quart𝕴er of Revenue, Profit Growth
UPS is expected to report net income of $2.14 billion, or $2.51 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:per share, on revenue of $25.35 billion, according to Visible Alpha. A year ago, it posted profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.87 per share, on revenue of $24.92 billion.
Meeting those estimates would mark a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:second straight quarter of year-over-year revenue and profit growth for UPS, which—like 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:shipping rival FedEx (FDX)—saw 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:several quarters of declines following record demand during the pandemic.
CEO Carol Tomé called the third quarter the end of a "challenging 18-month period" for UPS in its third-quarter report, when the company lowered its 2024 revenue outlook to $91.1 billion, down from about $93 billion previously.
UPS shares, which were up 2.5% intraday Monday, are down about 15% over the last 12 months.