Q4-2019 UPS Inc. Earnings Call

  • Revenue for 4th Quarter increased 3.6% to $20.6 Billion.
  • Total Operating Profit grew 6.4% with growth in all segments.
  • U.S Daily Volume was up more than 7.5% to over 26.6 million packages.

US Domestic Segment

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Total volume across all products grew nearly 9%.
  • Next Day volumes were up nearly 26%.
  • Revenue grew $833 million, a nearly 7% increase.
  • Total US Operating Profit grew 7.5% to 1.1 billion.
  • Total US Operating Margin was 8%.
  • Decline in unit costs of 2.1%

International Segment

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Total Operating Profit increased more than 2% to $799 million.
  • Operating margin was 21.2%.
  • Total Revenue was $3.8 Billion
  • Total International volume was down slightly due to declines into and out of the U.K. and on the Asia to U.S. lane.

Supply Chain & Freight Segment

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Operating Profit increased more than 16% to $260 million.
  • Nearly 2.5% increase in revenue per LTL hundredweight.
  • Total Revenue was $3.4 billion.