---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001090727-21-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPS"
cik: "0001090727"
company_name: "UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:03:48.115948+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UPS Q2 revenue $23.4B (+14.5%), EPS $3.05 (+50.2%), raises FY margin guide

## Summary
- Consolidated revenue $23.4B (+14.5% YoY); operating profit $3.3B (+47.3%), adjusted +40.8%.
- Diluted EPS $3.05 (GAAP), $3.06 adjusted; up ~50% and ~44% respectively.
- U.S. Domestic revenue $14.4B (+10.2%); International $4.8B (+30%); Supply Chain $4.2B (+14.3%).
- Divestiture of UPS Freight closed Apr 30; pension liabilities reduced by $2.1B.
- FY2021 outlook: consolidated operating margin ~12.7%, ROIC ~28%, capex ~$4.0B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001090727-21-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPS
- cik: 0001090727
- company_name: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000109072721000033/0001090727-21-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000109072721000033/ups-20210727.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001090727-21-000033.txt

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