United Parcel Service Inc (UPS)

The UPS truck has become the new ice-cream truck - getting packages can be just as fun and exciting. This is the world's largest delivery company, and besides just shipping packages it also provides transportation and logistics services to companies around the world.

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Yearly Income Statement 2011 Annual

All the money that a company makes from selling their products or services. Kind of like your salary.

? Total Revenue
$53.11b

What companies get to keep after paying for the costs of selling their product. So if you sell lemonade for $1 and it costs you 50 cents to make, your gross profit is 50 cents.

? Gross Profit
$12.02b

The money they generate solely from their core business. So the money you make at a garage sale doesn't count, but your salary does.

? Operating Income
$6.05b

The bottom line -- what they get to keep after paying all of their expenses. It's what's left of your salary after paying for your needs that you can put towards your wants.

? Net Income
$3.80b
Balance Sheet  

Everything a company has that will be turned into cash within a year. This includes things like inventory or money they are owed.

? Total Current Assets
$12.28b

All the stuff the company needs to pay off within a year. It's basically the opposite of total current assets.

? Total Current Liabilities
$6.51b

Take everything the company owns and subtract what they owe -- it's what belongs to the shareholders. Think of it as your net worth.

? Total Equity
$7.11b
Cash Flow  

The bottom line -- what they get to keep after paying all of their expenses. It's what's left of your salary after paying for your needs that you can put towards your wants.

? Net Income/Starting Line
$3.80b

The cash that companies make from their core business of selling products or services. If you sell lemonade, it's the cash you make from selling it.

? Cash from Operating
$7.07b

This is the cash that companies make from their investments. If you invest in a second lemonade stand, this is where it would go.

? Cash from Investing
$-2.54b

Changes in debt, loans and dividends. If a neighbor owes you for a glass of lemonade you gave him for free or if you owe someone else, it would show up here.

? Cash from Financing
$-4.86b

Has the amount of cash gone up or down? This number shows how much more (or less) they made over time. Are things getting better or worse?

? Net Change in Cash
$-336.00m

Events

  • May302012
    United Parcel Service, Inc. Presents at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.'s 28th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference, May-30-2012
  • July242012
    United Parcel Service, Inc. to Report Q2, 2012 Results on Jul 24, 2012
  • October232012
    United Parcel Service, Inc. to Report Q3, 2012 Results on Oct 23, 2012
  • January312013
    United Parcel Service, Inc. expected to report Fiscal Year 2012 results on January 31, 2013. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on April 20, 2012).

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