UPS Stock — United Parcel Service, Inc.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

UPS is a Stock. its distribution rate is 6.73%, its trailing-12-month yield is 6.73%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 77/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 211.7% over the past 26.9 years, 577.2 points behind SPY at 788.9%.

UPS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 211.7% over the past 26.9 years, 577.2 points behind SPY at 788.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 21.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 20.6%.

UPS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

77 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

5.18%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/10/1999

Distribution rate

6.73%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

6.73%

5-year average yield

3.98

Last close

$97.48 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$73,046,579,999

Average volume

5512000.0

Dividend

$1.64

Ex-dividend date

08/17/2026

Payment date

09/03/2026

Beta

1.046

Payout ratio

94.4%

P/E ratio

18.12

Forward P/E

12.0482

EPS

$5.38

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (6.73%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (6.73%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

UPS risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 20.6%.

Who may consider UPS — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (UPS pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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