---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001090727-21-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPS"
cik: "0001090727"
company_name: "UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:51:43.965222+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UPS Q3 revenue $23.2B (+9.2%), adj EPS $2.71 (+18.9%), raises FY21 outlook

## Summary
- Consolidated revenue $23.2B, up 9.2% YoY; operating profit $2.9B, up 22.6%.
- Diluted GAAP EPS $2.65, adjusted EPS $2.71, both up ~19% from Q3 2020.
- U.S. Domestic revenue $14.2B (+7.4%) on 12% higher revenue per piece; Intl revenue $4.7B (+15.5%).
- Raises 2021 guidance: adj operating margin target ~13.0%, adj ROIC ~29%, capex ~$4.2B.
- YTD cash from ops $11.8B (+26.7%); free cash flow $9.3B (+52.3%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001090727-21-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPS
- cik: 0001090727
- company_name: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000109072721000040/0001090727-21-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000109072721000040/ups-20211026.htm

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