
January 31, 2012
UPS Profit Forecast for Year Tops Estimates as Shipping Demand Increases
By Mary Jane Credeur and Natalie Doss
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), the world’s largest package-delivery company, forecast a 2012 profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates as shipping demand increases.
Annual earnings, excluding some items, will be in the range of $4.75 to $5 a share, the Atlanta-based company said today in a statement. That topped the average estimate of $4.78 in a Bloomberg survey of 25 analysts.
UPS benefited from a surge in holiday shipping, carrying 480 million packages in the peak season from Thanksgiving to Christmas as its quarterly total reached 1.13 billion. UPS also raised prices and is expanding its hub in Cologne, Germany, as it takes advantage of emerging-market demand.
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