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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 7, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 7, 2025

UPS$108.30-2.5%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Overview

We continue to execute our Customer First, People Led and Innovation Driven strategy to grow in the most attractive parts of the market including healthcare, small and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) and International.

During the first quarter of 2025, we took several steps in furtherance of this strategy, including deliberately shifting our business to increase our focus on higher yielding volume. We entered into an agreement with our largest customer that, as previously disclosed, provides for reductions to the volume they ship with us, relative to 2024, by more than 50% by June 2026. We insourced our former SurePost product, using the UPS network for final mile delivery, and now replaced it with Ground Saver, a new domestic economy service. We also announced our Ground with Freight Pricing product to provide for shipments weighing more than 150 pounds.

In January 2025, we completed the previously announced acquisition of Frigo-Trans and Biotech & Pharma Logistics ("Frigo-Trans"), an industry-leading, complex healthcare logistics provider based in Germany. The acquisition is expected to increase our complex cold-chain logistics capabilities internationally. In the second quarter of 2025, we entered into an agreement to acquire Andlauer Healthcare Group ("AHG"), a leading North American supply chain management company headquartered in Canada that offers customized third-party logistics and specialized cold chain transportation solutions for the healthcare sector. This acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to AHG’s shareholder approval, customary regulatory reviews and approvals, and other customary closing conditions.

As previously disclosed, our Network of the Future initiative is intended to enhance our efficiency through automation and operational sort consolidation in our U.S. Domestic network. In connection with our plan for lower volumes from our largest customer, we began our Network Reconfiguration initiative, which is an expansion of Network of the Future and is expected to lead to consolidations of our facilities and workforce as well as an end-to-end process redesign. We launched our Efficiency Reimagined initiatives to undertake the end-to-end process redesign effort which will align our organizational processes to the network reconfiguration. We expect to reduce our operational workforce by 25 million hours and by approximately 20,000 positions during 2025 and close 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June 2025. We are continuing to review our network and may identify additional buildings for closure. As of March 31, 2025, we continue to evaluate the impact of expected changes in volume on our air network. We anticipate $3.5 billion of total cost savings will be delivered this year from Network Reconfigurationand Efficiency Reimaginedand, through March 31, 2025 we had realized approximately $500 million in cost savings and incurred related costs of $23 million from these initiatives. These initiatives are expected to end in 2027.

In connection with the Network Reconfigurationand Efficiency Reimagined programs described above, we expect to record between $400 and $600 million in expense during 2025, related to early asset retirements, lease related costs, third-party consulting fees and employee separation benefits. We expect the costs associated with these actions may increase should we determine to close additional buildings. It is our intention to sell the property and equipment associated with closed facilities; however, as of the date hereof, we have not yet formalized plans of sale. In addition, we believe that workforce reductions may require a remeasurement of certain U.S. pension and postretirement benefit plan obligations and assets at an interim date. We are not yet able to estimate the timing or potential impact of such an event.

We have two reportable segments: U.S. Domestic Package and International Package, which are together referred to as our global small package operations. Our remaining businesses are reported as Supply Chain Solutions.

Our global small package operations experienced planned volume decreases during the quarter. Volumes declined in the U.S. due to the planned glide down of volume with our largest customer, partially offset by volume growth in our International business, driven by our domestic and export products. Decreases in package volume were largely offset by growth in revenue per piece. Revenue in our global small package operations increased slightly due to growth in air cargo revenue as we fully onboarded volume under our contract with the U.S. Postal Service ("USPS") during the fourth quarter of 2024.

Supply Chain Solutions revenue decreased, driven by the impact of the third quarter 2024 divestiture of Coyote, partially offset by growth in our mail services and certain of our digital businesses.

During the first quarter of 2025, we returned cash to shareholders in the form of $1.0 billion in share repurchases and dividends per share of $1.64.

The macro environment is highly uncertain due to changing trade policies and tariff uncertainty. As a global carrier, the eventual outcomes could result in pressure in some parts of our business and create new opportunities in others.

Highlights of our consolidated results, which are discussed in more detail below, include:

Three Months Ended March 31, · Change
2025 · 2024 · $ · %
Revenue (in millions)$21,546$21,706$(160)(0.7)%
Operating Expenses (in millions)19,88020,093(213)(1.1)%
Operating Profit (in millions)$1,666$1,613$533.3%
Operating Margin7.7%7.4%
Net Income (in millions)$1,187$1,113$746.6%
Basic Earnings Per Share$1.40$1.30$0.107.7%
Diluted Earnings Per Share$1.40$1.30$0.107.7%
Operating Days6263
Average Daily Package Volume (in thousands)20,78921,199(1.9)%
Average Revenue Per Piece$14.22$13.73$0.493.6%

Average daily package volume in our global small package operations decreased, driven by planned volume declines from our largest customer, as well as challenging macroeconomic conditions. The overall decrease in the U.S. Domestic Package segment was partially offset by growth in SMBs and commercial shipments in that segment as well as growth in all regions of the International Package segment.

Revenue decreased for the quarter, driven by the impact of the third quarter 2024 divestiture of Coyote, which contributed $563 million of revenue in the 2024 period. This reduction was partially offset by an increase in revenue in our global small package operations. U.S. Domestic Package segment revenue growth was driven by increases in air cargo.

Operating expenses decreased, driven by decreases in purchased transportation, attributable to the absence of Coyote in the 2025 period and the insourcing of our Ground Saver product, partially offset by increases in compensation and benefit expense.

Operating profit and operating margin increased for the quarter, as growth in the U.S. Domestic Package segment more than offset declines in the International Package segment and Supply Chain Solutions.

We recorded net income of $1.2 billion and diluted earnings per share of $1.40 in the first quarter of 2025. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $1.49 after adjusting for the after-tax impacts of:

transformation strategy costs of $44 million, or $0.05 per diluted share;

goodwill and asset impairment charges of $49 million, or $0.05 per diluted share; and

the reversal of an income tax valuation allowance of $10 million, or $0.01 per diluted share.

For additional operational results for the quarter specific to our segments, refer to Results of Operations - Segment Review below.

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