UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 6, 2026.
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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 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 2026, we took several steps in furtherance of this strategy, including continued targeted volume reduction from our largest customer, the deliberate shift in our business to increase our focus on higher yielding volume and progress on previously announced initiatives related to workforce optimization and the outsourcing of last-mile delivery of a portion of our Ground Saver product to the United States Postal Service ("USPS"), as well as related network capacity actions. As previously disclosed, by June 2026 we expect to complete our targeted volume reduction from our largest customer by more than 50% from 2024 levels.
We also continued to progress on our Network of the Future initiative, which is intended to enhance the efficiency of our U.S. Domestic Package network through automation and operational sort consolidation. Our related Network Reconfiguration initiative expanded our Network of the Future initiative, and has led, and could continue to lead, to further consolidations in facilities, vehicles, aircraft 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. See Supplemental Information - Items Affecting Comparabilityfor additional discussion of this initiative.
In addition, we continued a number of initiatives supporting growth in healthcare and international markets. We advanced the integration of Andlauer Healthcare Group ("AHG") to further strengthen our healthcare logistics capabilities. Internationally, we invested in network enhancements, including expansion at our Incheon, South Korea hub, in Taiwan we opened our largest and most advanced logistics center in the region and in Europe we executed initiatives to improve ground speed, all of which are intended to support premium volume growth and revenue quality.
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 ("SCS").
Our financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 reflected the impact of a complex macro environment, including volatile global markets, higher fuel costs arising from the conflict in the Middle East, as well the impact of our strategic actions. We also experienced certain cost pressures that we expect to abate in the second quarter of 2026. Our focus on revenue quality has delivered several consecutive quarters of product and customer mix improvements.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, consolidated revenue was $21.2 billion, consolidated operating profit was $1.3 billion, and operating margin was 6.0%. We also returned $1.4 billion of cash to shareholders through dividends.
Highlights of our consolidated results compared to our results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which are discussed in more detail below, include:
| Three Months Ended March 31, · Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2025 · $ · % | |||||
| Revenue (in millions) | $21,202 | $21,546 | $(344) | (1.6)% | |
| Operating Expenses (in millions) | 19,935 | 19,880 | 55 | 0.3% | |
| Operating Profit (in millions) | $1,267 | $1,666 | $(399) | (23.9)% | |
| Operating Margin | 6.0% | 7.7% | |||
| Net Income (in millions) | $864 | $1,187 | $(323) | (27.2)% | |
| Basic Earnings Per Share | $1.02 | $1.40 | $(0.38) | (27.1)% | |
| Diluted Earnings Per Share | $1.02 | $1.40 | $(0.38) | (27.1)% | |
| Operating Days | 62 | 62 | |||
| Average Daily Package Volume (in thousands) | 19,184 | 20,789 | (7.7)% | ||
| Average Revenue Per Piece | $15.32 | $14.22 | $1.10 | 7.7% | |
Average daily package volume in our global small package operations decreased driven primarily by continued progress of planned volume declines from our largest customer, revenue quality actions, including those affecting certain e-commerce customers, and the impact of 2025 trade policy changes.
Revenue declined driven by the average daily volume declines described above and decreases in our Mail Innovations volume, partially offset by improved revenue quality and benefits from our focus on higher yielding volume and the impact of the AHG acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Operating expenses increased, primarily due to transition costs and excess operational staffing associated with outsourcing our Ground Saver product to the USPS, increased third-party lease expense to address capacity constraints resulting from fourth quarter 2025 aircraft retirements, higher workers' compensation expense, increased depreciation due to new investments, 2025 impairments of certain assets within our digital businesses and weather-related costs. This increase was partially offset by benefits from execution of our Network Reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined initiatives, as we were able to reduce headcount and labor hours to align with the volume decline described above. Expenses also decreased as a result of a decline in volume in our Mail Innovations business.
Operating profit and operating margin decreased primarily due to the lower volumes in our global small package operations and the cost pressures described above, partially offset by the impact of revenue quality efforts and improvements within SCS.
We reported net income of $864 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.02. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share were $1.07 after adjusting for the after-tax impacts of transformation strategy costs of $42 million, or $0.05 per diluted share.
For additional operational results for the quarter specific to our segments, refer to Results of Operations - Segment Review below.
In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling invalidating certain tariffs previously imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. As of March 31, 2026, no amounts related to potential tariff refunds or amounts refundable to customers for tariffs previously paid have been recognized. We will continue to monitor and evaluate the financial statement impact of related developments. For additional information on tariffs, see note 10 to the unaudited, consolidated financial statements included in this report.
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