UPS's third-quarter revenue is $23.2 billion! Announced that freight rates will increase by 5.9% in 2022!

It is learned that on October 26, the US package delivery company United Parcel Service (UPS) announced that its third-quarter earnings exceeded expectations, and its stock price rose by more than 7% on Tuesday morning. The following is a summary of the earnings report:

• Revenue increased from US$21.238 billion last year to US$23.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%.

• Net profit was $2.329 billion, up from $1.957 billion in the same period last year.

• Earnings per share were $2.71, beating estimates of $2.54.

• As of the third quarter of 2021, UPS's operating revenue was US$8.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 58%.

UPS continues to benefit from increased online shopping as the coronavirus pandemic continues, amid supply chain gridlock and inflation. Historically, the best quarter of the year is the fourth quarter of the holiday shopping season.

UPS announced in a conference call on Tuesday that annual rates for 2022 will increase by 5.9%. This is higher than last year's 4.9% increase. UPS also confirmed that its US weekend service will expand this weekend as expected. The company will now provide Saturday service to approximately 90% of the US market, serving residential and commercial pickups and deliveries.

To ease the growing supply chain crisis in the United States, UPS pledged earlier this month to operate 24/7 to deliver more products during off-peak hours. UPS said in September that it would hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers during the holiday sales season to cope with the surge in packages during the peak sales season. It is reported that UPS's commitment to expand service comes as $24 billion in goods are waiting to be unloaded on barges and container ships outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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