Company facts
- Industry
- Trucking & Courier Services (No Air)
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Most recent report
- 8-K, filed Nov 5, 2026
- Incorporated
- Delaware
- Filings on record
- 1,004+ filings
- On EDGAR
- CIK 1090727
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Filer status
- Large accelerated filer
Financials 8 of 43
News 8 of 105
Prospectuses and Registrations 8 of 74
- 424B5 Prospectus supplement for an offering Aug 14, 2026
- 424B5 Prospectus supplement for an offering Aug 12, 2026
- 424B5 Prospectus supplement for an offering Aug 11, 2026
- FWP Free writing prospectus Aug 10, 2026
- 424B5 Prospectus supplement for an offering Aug 10, 2026
- S-8 Registration statement for an employee plan May 7, 2026
- 25-NSE Notice that a security was delisted Nov 17, 2025
- 424B5 Prospectus supplement for an offering May 15, 2025
Proxies 8 of 37
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Mar 25, 2026
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Mar 19, 2026
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Mar 19, 2026
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Mar 17, 2025
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Mar 17, 2025
- PX14A6G Shareholder's own proxy material Apr 11, 2024
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Mar 18, 2024
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Mar 18, 2024
Ownership 8 of 699
- 4 Insider reported a trade Nov 6, 2026
- 3 Insider reported their initial holding Nov 6, 2026
- 4 Insider reported a trade Oct 30, 2026
- 4 Insider reported a trade Sep 3, 2026
- 4 Insider reported a trade Sep 3, 2026
- 4 Insider reported a trade Sep 3, 2026
- 3 Insider reported their initial holding Sep 3, 2026
- 144 Notice of a proposed sale of restricted stock May 15, 2026
Other 8 of 46
What to read: Sep 2026 10-Q
SECSift found 2 of 11 sections worth reading, with 0 positive, 11 notable, and 3 negative flags.
Financial Statements (Item 1)
Goodwill impairment, transformation costs, debt increase, and IEEPA tariff refunds are company-specific and material.Notable- Supply Chain Finance program had $384 million in supplier obligations sold to financial institutions as of September 30, 2026, down from $435 million at year-end 2025.
- Allowance for credit losses rose to $242 million at September 30, 2026 from $180 million at December 31, 2025, with $296 million charged to expense in nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- Parent company guarantees of approximately $1.8 billion for nine new aircraft leases under an existing financing arrangement entered in nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- UPS received about $500 million in IEEPA tariff refunds; $270 million not yet passed to customers as of September 30, 2026, recorded in Other current liabilities.
- No share repurchases in nine months ended September 30, 2026, vs $1.0 billion in same period 2025; dividends continued at $1.64 per share quarterly.
- Effective tax rate rose to 26.0% in Q3 2026 from 18.4% in Q3 2025, driven by non-deductible goodwill impairment and prior-year valuation allowance release.
Management's Discussion (Item 2)
Revenue up but profit down sharply; $182M goodwill impairment; largest customer volume halved; $1.2B separation costs.Notable- Planned volume reduction from largest customer completed in Q2 2026; volume cut by more than 50% from 2024.
- Closed 47 buildings in first nine months of 2026 as part of Network Reconfiguration; expect $3B in full-year 2026 benefits.
- Received ~$500M in IEEPA tariff refunds from CBP; $270M not yet passed to customers as of Sept 30, 2026.
- Issued $1.3B in senior notes in first nine months of 2026; $450M contributed to pension plans as non-cash financing.
- Parent company guarantees of ~$1.8B related to aircraft leases as of September 30, 2026.
What changed: Sep 2026 vs. Jun 2026
About 10% of UPS's Sep 2026 10-Q is new information. 38 paragraphs were added, 200 changed, and 58 removed. Below are the most important lines SECSift identified.
New
- Added Form of 4.850% Senior Notes due 2031 (Exhibit 4.1), incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed August 12, 2026.
- Added Form of Floating Rate Senior notes due 2076 (Exhibit 4.2), incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed August 18, 2026.
- Added Retention Agreement with Bala Subramanian dated September 1, 2026 (Exhibit 10.2), incorporated by reference.
- Added Retention Agreement with Nando Cesarone dated September 1, 2026 (Exhibit 10.1), incorporated by reference.
Changed
- Long-term debt rose to $25,121M from $23,850M, driven by $1.0B fixed-rate and $325M floating-rate notes issued in August 2026.
- Cash and cash equivalents increased to $6,837M from $4,653M, after $950M net increase in nine months.
- Goodwill fell to $5,590M from $5,770M, due to a $182M impairment in SCS's HLD unit.
- Net income fell to $1,163M for Q3 2026 from $1,311M in Q3 2025; nine-month net income dropped to $2,631M from $3,781M.
Everything here comes from United Parcel Service Inc's own filings on SEC EDGAR. The filing list is rechecked every hour. SECSift analysis was completed on Nov 4, 2026, from the 10-Q for Sep 2026.