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What Happened:Shares of parcel delivery company UPS (NYSE:UPS) fell 13.5% in the afternoon session after the company reported second-quarter earnings results. Its EPS missed, and its revenue fell short of Wall Street's estimates. The outlook wasn't encouraging, as the company slightly lowered its full-year revenue guidance. It also lowered full year operating margin guidance by a more significant amount. Overall, this was a mediocre quarter for United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS).
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What is the market telling us:United Parcel Service's shares are not very volatile than the market average and over the last year have had only 3 moves greater than 5%. Moves this big are very rare for United Parcel Service and that is indicating to us that this news had a significant impact on the market's perception of the business.
United Parcel Service is down 20.6% since the beginning of the year, and at $125.66 per share it is trading 33.3% below its 52-week high of $188.34 from July 2023. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of United Parcel Service's shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,194.
