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United Parcel Service (UPS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

United Parcel Service (UPS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 1.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.06% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.06% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.07% at United Parcel Service, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.21% in Q1 2021, with the low at 0.05% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales rose 25bps in 2021, then decreased -10bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.11% in 2021, then increased by 15bps to 0.13% in 2022, then tumbled by -50bps to 0.06% in 2023, then increased by 6bps to 0.07% in 2024, then increased by 8bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.07%, 0.06%, and 0.06% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.