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How United Parcel Service, Inc. stacks up
UPS · against 64 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
69/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #47 of 65 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score9 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including UPS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 69?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.3% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 78% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.9% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 80% of peers. Return on assets: 6.4% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UPS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UPS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 65 reported | 14.9% | 14.9% | 52% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 65 reported | 7.3% | 17.0% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 62 reported | 6.4% | 6.6% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 60 reported | 29.6% | 21.0% | 73% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 65 reported | 22.4% | 35.7% | 23% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UPS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 1 | 81.6B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 4 | 89.4B USD | 98 | 57 | |
| 4 | 90.8B USD | 98 | 59 | |
| 44 | 47.9B EUR (≈$52.7B) | 74 | 56 | |
| 45 | 49.3B USD | 72 | 51 | |
| 46 | 5.43T INR (≈$65.2B) | 71 | 55 | |
| 47 | 53.7B USD | 69 | 56 | |
| 47 | 92.9B USD | 69 | 41 | |
| 47 | 627.9B SEK (≈$62.8B) | 69 | 38 | |
| 47 | 47.0B USD | 69 | 51 | |
| 51 | 11.30T JPY (≈$76.8B) | 68 | 51 | |
| 51 | 179.5B USD | 68 | 35 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score