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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC

For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 6, 2025.

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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 6, 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 second quarter and first half of 2025, we took several steps in furtherance of this strategy, including continuing our deliberate shift in our business to increase our focus on higher yielding volume. As previously disclosed, we have entered into an agreement with our largest customer that provides for reductions in the volume they ship with us, relative to 2024, by more than 50% by June 2026. Through the first half of 2025, this volume glide-down proceeded as planned, and in the second half 2025, we expect to accelerate the year-over-year pace of decline to close to 30%.

Also as previously disclosed, in the first half of 2025 we insourced our former SurePost product, using the UPS network for final mile delivery, and have since replaced it with Ground Saver, a new domestic economy service meant to complement our array of products used by our customers. The insourcing of this product pressured our operating results in both the second quarter and first half of 2025 as pickup and delivery costs were higher than last year. During the second quarter of 2025, we took pricing actions to manage Ground Saver volume and we are working to continue to reduce our costs related to this product.

In the first half of 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 has increased our complex cold-chain logistics capabilities internationally. As previously disclosed, 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 that offers customized third-party logistics and specialized cold chain transportation solutions for the healthcare sector. This acquisition is expected to close in late 2025, subject to customary regulatory reviews and approvals.

As previously disclosed, our Network of the Future initiative is intended to enhance the efficiency of our network through automation and operational sort consolidation in our U.S. Domestic network. In connection with our strategic execution of planned volume declines from our largest customer, we began our Network Reconfiguration initiative, which is an expansion of Network of the Future and has led and will continue to lead to consolidations of our facilities and workforce as well as an end-to-end process redesign. We launchedour Efficiency Reimagined initiatives to undertake the end-to-end process redesign effort which will align our organizational processes to the network reconfiguration. In connection therewith, we expect to reduce our operational workforce by approximately 20,000 positions. During the second quarter of 2025, we closed daily operations at 74 leased and owned buildings, 68 of which have been permanently closed. We continue to review expected changes in volume in our integrated air and ground network to identify additional buildings for closure.

In connection with the Network Reconfigurationand Efficiency Reimagined programs, we expect to exclude between $400 and $650 million in non-GAAP adjusted expense during 2025, related primarily to third-party consulting fees, employee separation benefits and certain programmatic expenses. We expect the costs associated with these actions may increase should we determine to close additional buildings. In addition, we believe that workforce reductions may require a remeasurement of certain U.S. pension and postretirement benefit plan obligations and assets during 2025. We are not yet able to estimate the timing of potential impact of such an event. As of June 30, 2025, we have incurred costs related to these programs of $126 million. We have begun to realize the expected benefits from these programs and, as previously disclosed, expect to achieve $3.5 billion in savings from these programs in 2025.

In addition, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur other costs and benefits associated with our Network Reconfiguration programs and anticipated lower volumes, including early asset retirement, lease related costs and gains from the sale of properties. It is our intention to exit or abandon leases, sell property and transfer or dispose of equipment associated with closed facilities. During the first half of 2025, we incurred $37 million in accelerated depreciation and asset retirement obligations related to closed facilities and abandoned equipment and $34 million in gains on sale of properties. We expect the costs associated with these actions may increase should we determine to close additional buildings.

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 financial results for both the second quarter and year-to-date periods of 2025 reflect the impact of a complex macro environment, driven by evolving trade policies, as well as the significant strategic actions we are taking. Our global package operations experienced volume declines during the second quarter and year-to-date periods of 2025 due to our strategic execution of planned volume declines from our largest customer and our revenue quality efforts, partially offset by volume growth in all regions of our International business. Overall declines in package volume in both periods were largely offset by growth in revenue per piece due to pricing actions and changes in customer and product mix. Revenue in our global small package operations during the second quarter and year-to-date periods of 2025 benefited from 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.

Global trade policy changes including pending and enacted tariffs and the de minimis exclusions took effect during the second quarter of 2025 and resulted in shifting trade lane volumes, particularly reducing volumes on our China to U.S. lane, pressuring our International segment margins during the second quarter. Partially offsetting this decline was growth on other trade lanes, including from China to the rest of the world and the rest of the world into the U.S.

Supply Chain Solutions revenue decreased in both the second quarter and year-to-date periods of 2025, driven by the impact of the third quarter 2024 divestiture of Coyote and declines in Mail Innovations, Air and Ocean Forwarding, partially offset by growth in certain of our healthcare and digital businesses.

During the second quarter and first half of 2025, we continued to return cash to shareholders. We completed our previously announced $1.0 billion of share repurchases in the first half of 2025 and paid dividends of $1.64 per share and $3.28 per share in the second quarter and year-to-date periods of 2025, respectively.

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 June 30, · Change · Six Months Ended June 30, · Change
2025 · 2024 · $ · % · 2025 · 2024 · $ · %
Revenue (in millions)$21,221$21,818$(597)(2.7)%$42,767$43,524$(757)(1.7)%
Operating Expenses (in millions)19,39919,874(475)(2.4)%39,27939,967(688)(1.7)%
Operating Profit (in millions)$1,822$1,944$(122)(6.3)%$3,488$3,557$(69)(1.9)%
Operating Margin8.6%8.9%8.2%8.2%
Net Income (in millions)$1,283$1,409$(126)(8.9)%$2,470$2,522$(52)(2.1)%
Basic Earnings Per Share$1.51$1.65$(0.14)(8.5)%$2.91$2.95$(0.04)(1.4)%
Diluted Earnings Per Share$1.51$1.65$(0.14)(8.5)%$2.91$2.94$(0.03)(1.0)%
Operating Days6464126127
Average Daily Package Volume (in thousands)19,74120,933(5.7)%20,25721,065(3.8)%
Average Revenue Per Piece$14.34$13.68$0.664.8%$14.28$13.71$0.574.2%

Average daily package volume in our global small package operations decreased in both the quarter and year-to-date periods driven by our strategic execution of planned volume declines from our largest customer and pricing actions taken on certain e-commerce customers, as well as challenging macroeconomic conditions. The overall decreases in the U.S. Domestic Package segment in both the second quarter and year-to-date periods were partially offset by growth in SMB volume; consolidated volume declines were partially offset by growth in all regions of the International Package segment.

Revenue declined in both the quarter and year-to-date periods, driven by the impact of the third quarter 2024 divestiture of Coyote, which contributed $539 million of revenue in the second quarter of 2024 ($1.1 billion year to date in 2024), our strategic execution of planned volume declines from our largest customer, and macroeconomic conditions. These reductions were partially offset by increases in air cargo revenue in our global small package operations and the impact of revenue quality efforts.

Operating expenses decreased in both the quarter and year-to-date periods, driven by decreases in purchased transportation and fuel expenses, primarily attributable to the impact of the 2024 divestiture of Coyote and the insourcing of our Ground Saver product. These decreases were partially offset by increases in compensation and benefits and other costs associated with pick up and delivery expenses driven by the insourcing of our Ground Saver Product and increases in purchased transportation rates within Mail Innovations.

Operating profit and operating margin decreased for the quarter (flat year to date) primarily due to lower volumes in the U.S. Domestic Package segment, increased pickup and delivery expense related to insourcing our Ground Saver product and shifting international trade lanes related to trade policy challenges, partially offset by the impact of revenue quality efforts.

We reported quarterly net income of $1.3 billion and diluted earnings per share of $1.51 ($2.5 billion and $2.91 per share, year to date). Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $1.55 ($3.04 per share, year to date) after adjusting for the after-tax impacts of:

transformation strategy costs of $57 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, in the second quarter ($101 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, year to date);

gain on divestiture of $15 million, or ($0.02) per diluted share, in both the second quarter and year to date;

the reversal of an income tax valuation allowance of $13 million, or ($0.02) per diluted share, in the second quarter ($23 million, or ($0.03) per diluted share, year to date); and

goodwill and asset impairment charges of $49 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, in the year-to-date period.

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

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