Insider Trading at United Parcel Service Inc.?

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04 August, 2017

The institutional investor held 179,425 shares of the transportation company at the end of 2016Q4, valued at $20.57M, up from 99,876 at the end of the previous reported quarter.

Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC continued to hold its position in United Parcel Service, Inc. Insiders own 0.59% of the company's stock. The Price to Sales (P/S) ratio of the stock is 1.52, while P/B (Price to Book) stands at 75.15. The EBITDA Yield for United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) traded down 0.23% on Thursday, hitting $111.00. It has underperformed by 14.60% the S&P500.

Nuveen Preferred Securities Inco (NYSE:JPS) had an increase of 2.42% in short interest. Amica Retiree Med Tru holds 8,519 shares. The value of the position overall is up by 3.1%. The SI to Chubb Limited's float is 0.95%. About 12.18M shares traded or 20.00% up from the average. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) has risen 5.50% since August 2, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 2.72% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.89 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.46, from 1.16 in 2016Q3. Utd Financial Advisers Ltd invested in 299,507 shares. 115 funds opened positions while 683 raised stakes. 927,970 shares or 14.77% less from 1.09 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. The firm owned 1,277 shares of the transportation company's stock after buying an additional 48 shares during the period. Hallmark Capital Mngmt stated it has 13,783 shares or 0.23% of all its holdings. Rowland And Communication Invest Counsel Adv invested 0% of its portfolio in Chubb Ltd (NYSE:CB). Blackrock accumulated 2.45 million shares. The Volatility 3m is a similar percentage determined by the daily log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over 3 months. Focused Wealth Mgmt holds 74 shares. First Merchants Corporation has 6,781 shares for 0.23% of their portfolio. Jolley Asset Management Lc has 36,638 shares for 3.01% of their portfolio. Benedict Financial reported 1.28% of its portfolio in Chubb Ltd (NYSE:CB). Joseph Piotroski developed the F-Score which employs nine different variables based on the company financial statement. Suffolk Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Bank Of New York Inc. for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $55.75B market cap company. The company has market cap of $5.67 billion. It has a 28.54 P/E ratio. It offers commercial insurance products and service offerings, such as risk management programs, loss control, and engineering and complex claims management. "Ultimately, through all this investigation into the company's performance the analyst decides if their stock is a "buy", sell" or hold". Therefore 56% are positive. The Chubb Corporation had 34 analyst reports since July 24, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Deutsche Bank maintained Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK) on Friday, September 9 with "Buy" rating. The stock of Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) has "Buy" rating given on Tuesday, May 30 by RBC Capital Markets. The stock has "Neutral" rating by Hilliard Lyons on Wednesday, July 27.

A number of research firms recently issued reports on UPS. On Wednesday, October 21 the stock rating was maintained by FBR Capital with "Outperform". Also, the Hold rating count is 4 as of 08/02/17. In this case, the critical 38.2% level drawn off the 52-weeklow of $23.22 sits at $29.18. News & Ratings Via Email - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for United Parcel Service, Inc. with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter. On Wednesday, July 29 the stock rating was maintained by S&P Research with "Buy". That puts the market capitalization at $94.9 bln. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 14th will be given a $0.83 dividend. United Parcel Service had a return on equity of 417.18% and a net margin of 5.68%. Aegis Capital upgraded the shares of UPS in report on Wednesday, February 8 to "Buy" rating. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of United Parcel Service from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Monday, July 17th. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Thursday, July 27 by Oppenheimer. (NYSE:UPS). Bollard Ltd Liability Company holds 2,205 shares or 0.02% of its portfolio.

The 50 day moving average was down by -0.44% and the 200 day average was up $2.07. McClure Teri P had sold 4,500 shares worth $471,840. Macquarie Research maintained United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS). 42,426 were accumulated by Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.04 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.04, from 0.93 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 49 investors sold UPS shares while 433 reduced holdings. 108 funds opened positions while 392 raised stakes. First Advsrs Ltd Partnership holds 301,941 shares. Moreover, Great West Life Assurance Can has 0.31% invested in United Parcel Service, Inc. The stock of United Parcel Service, Inc. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of United Parcel Service by 12.2% in the first quarter. (NYSE:UPS) for 41,091 shares. Rdl Finance reported 15,263 shares or 0.57% of all its holdings. Also, insider James J. Barber sold 3,556 shares of United Parcel Service stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 31st. Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) has risen 31.86% since August 2, 2016 and is uptrending. (NYSE:UPS) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: "How Amazon is Helping UPS in its Business" on July 05, 2017, also Valuewalk.com with their article: "United Parcel Service, Inc". The New York-based Bank & Trust Of Mellon has invested 0.21% in United Parcel Service, Inc.


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