United Parcel Service 10-Q 2024-03-31

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United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 or

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-15451

United Parcel Service, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(404) 828-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

There were 126,159,503 Class A shares, and 729,399,444 Class B shares, with a par value of $0.01 per share, outstanding at April 17, 2024.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking Statements

This report, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission contain and in the future may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than those of current or historical fact, and all statements accompanied by terms such as “will,” “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “estimate,” “assume,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “target,” “plan,” and similar terms, are intended to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made subject to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws pursuant to Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

From time to time, we also include written or oral forward-looking statements in other publicly disclosed materials. Such statements may relate to our intent, belief, forecasts of, or current expectations about our strategic direction, prospects, future results, or future events; they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made. However, caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements because such statements speak only as of the date when made and the future, by its very nature, cannot be predicted with certainty.

Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or anticipated results. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic conditions in the United States ("U.S.") or internationally; significant competition on a local, regional, national and international basis; changes in our relationships with our significant customers; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees; strikes, work stoppages or slowdowns by our employees; increased or more complex physical or operational security requirements; a significant cybersecurity incident, or increased data protection regulations; our ability to maintain our brand image and corporate reputation; impacts from global climate change; interruptions in or impacts on our business from natural or man-made events or disasters including terrorist attacks, epidemics or pandemics; exposure to changing economic, political, regulatory and social developments in international and emerging markets; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures or strategic alliances; the effects of changing prices of energy, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other fuels, and interruptions in supplies of these commodities; changes in exchange rates or interest rates; our ability to accurately forecast our future capital investment needs; increases in our expenses or funding obligations relating to employee health, retiree health and/or pension benefits; our ability to manage insurance and claims expenses; changes in business strategy, government regulations or economic or market conditions that may result in impairments of our assets; potential additional U.S. or international tax liabilities; increasingly stringent regulations related to climate change; potential claims or litigation related to labor and employment, personal injury, property damage, business practices, environmental liability and other matters; and other risks discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and subsequently filed reports. You should consider the limitations on, and risks associated with, forward-looking statements and not unduly rely on the accuracy of predictions contained in such forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances, changes in expectations, or the occurrence of unanticipated events after the date of those statements, except as required by law.

From time to time, we expect to participate in analyst and investor conferences. Materials provided or displayed at those conferences, such as slides and presentations, may be posted on our investor relations website at www.investors.ups.com under the heading "Presentations" when made available. These presentations may contain new material nonpublic information about our company and you are encouraged to monitor this site for any new posts, as we may use this mechanism as a public announcement.

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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

March 31, 2024 (unaudited) and December 31, 2023 (in millions)

See notes to unaudited, consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME

(In millions, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In millions)

(unaudited)

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Overview

Through our Customer First, People Led, Innovation Driven strategy we are investing to grow in the premium parts of the market and drive efficiency across our network. We are focused on the parts of the market that value our end-to-end integrated network, including healthcare, commercial shippers and small- and medium-sized businesses ("SMBs"). Through our Network of the Future initiative, we are transforming our network by combining physical and digital capabilities, including our smart package smart facility RFID solution, to streamline our operations. We are also leveraging technology to add new capabilities and expand our addressable market.

During the first quarter, we took a number of steps in furtherance of this strategy. For example, we expanded our no box, no label returns service that combines the reach and capabilities of The UPS Store and Happy Returns, and we launched Roadie XD, adding capabilities for big and bulky long-zone deliveries for items that are incompatible with our small package network. Additionally, we continued to develop capabilities to enhance our SMB customer experience. In furtherance of our healthcare strategy, we opened a new facility at our global air hub specifically designed for complex healthcare shipments. For the remainder of 2024, we expect to continue investment in our network to drive further operational efficiencies.

On April 1, 2024, we announced that we entered into an agreement to expand our relationship with the U.S. Postal Service ("USPS"), providing for UPS to become the USPS primary air cargo provider within the United States.

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.

During the first quarter of 2024, the macroeconomic environment remained challenging. Persistent soft demand, lack of growth in industrial production and continuing inflationary pressures contributed to volume declines in our global small package operations, although we experienced pockets of growth in certain markets and trade lanes. In Supply Chain Solutions, our freight forwarding businesses continued to be negatively impacted by soft demand and market overcapacity. Somewhat offsetting this was increased revenue in our logistics businesses, driven by growth in our healthcare operations and the impact of the acquisition of MNX Global Logistics in the fourth quarter of 2023.

We expect our second quarter earnings to be lower relative to 2023, primarily due to the higher labor costs associated with the first year of the Teamsters contract. However, we anticipate a return to operating profit growth during the second half of 2024.

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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Highlights of our consolidated results, which are discussed in more detail below, include:

• Average daily package volume in our global small package operations decreased, with declines in both commercial and residential shipments across all of our product segments. These declines were primarily the result of the challenging macroeconomic conditions.

• Revenue declined as well, driven by lower volume and relatively flat revenue per piece.

• Operating expenses decreased, due to a reduction in purchased transportation in all segments and reductions in fuel expenses in our small package operations, as well as the impact of our ongoing productivity initiatives.

• Operating profit and operating margin decreased as revenue declines were greater than operating expense reductions.

• We reported net income of $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per share of $1.30. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $1.43 after adjusting for the after-tax impacts of:

◦transformation and other costs of $75 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, and

◦asset impairment charges of $35 million, or $0.04 per diluted share.

Within our segments, U.S. Domestic Package revenues and expenses were primarily impacted by the matters described above, with expense decreases partially offset by increases in union workforce compensation and benefits expense.

International Package segment revenues were also impacted by declines in demand related surcharges and currency fluctuations, partially offset by revenue per piece growth due to increases in base rates and changes in product and customer mix.

In Supply Chain Solutions, revenue decreases were driven by volume and market rate declines in Forwarding, somewhat offset by growth in our Logistics businesses. Expenses decreased primarily due to lower purchased transportation expense in Forwarding, partially offset by expense increases within Logistics.

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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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We are exposed to market risk from changes in certain commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices. All of these market risks arise in the normal course of business, as we do not engage in speculative trading activities. In order to manage the risk arising from these exposures, we may utilize a variety of commodity, foreign currency exchange and interest rate forward contracts, options and swaps. A discussion of our accounting policies for derivative instruments and further disclosures are provided in note 15 to the unaudited, consolidated financial statements.

The total net fair value asset (liability) of our derivative financial instruments is summarized in the following table (in millions):

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had no outstanding commodity hedge positions.

The information concerning market risk in Item 7A under the caption "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 is incorporated herein by reference.

Our market risks, hedging strategies and financial instrument positions as of March 31, 2024 have not materially changed from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. In the first quarter of 2024, we entered into foreign currency exchange forward contracts on the Euro, British Pound Sterling, Canadian Dollar and Hong Kong Dollar, and had forward contracts expire. The fair value changes between December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024 in the preceding table are primarily due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations between those dates.

The foreign currency exchange forward contracts, swaps and options previously discussed contain an element of risk that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreements; however, we seek to minimize such risk exposures for these instruments by limiting the counterparties to banks and financial institutions that meet established credit guidelines and by monitoring counterparty credit risk to prevent concentrations of credit risk with any single counterparty.

We have agreements with all of our active counterparties (covering all of our derivative positions) containing early termination rights and/or bilateral collateral provisions whereby cash is required based on the net fair value of derivatives associated with those counterparties. The majority of these agreements require exchange of collateral when positions exceed $250 million.

Events such as a credit rating downgrade (depending on the ultimate rating level) could also allow us to take additional protective measures such as the early termination of trades. As of March 31, 2024, we held cash collateral of $82 million and were not required to post any collateral with our counterparties under these agreements. We have not historically incurred, and do not expect to incur in the future, any losses as a result of counterparty default.

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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act")). Based upon, and as of the date of, the evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

**Item 1.**Legal Proceedings

For a discussion of material legal proceedings affecting the Company, see note 11 to the unaudited, consolidated financial statements included in this report.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors described in Part 1, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. The occurrence of any of the risks described therein could materially affect us, including impacting our business, financial condition, results of operations, stock price or credit rating, as well as our reputation. These risks are not the only ones we face. We could also be materially adversely affected by other events, factors or uncertainties that are unknown to us, or that we do not currently consider to be material.

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**Item 2.**Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

In January 2023, the Board of Directors approved a share repurchase authorization of $5.0 billion for class A and class B common stock. We do not anticipate repurchasing any shares in 2024. As of March 31, 2024, we had $2.8 billion of this share repurchase authorization available.

For additional information on our share repurchase activities, see note 12 to the unaudited, consolidated financial statements.

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Insider Trading Arrangements and Policies

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.