United Parcel Service, Inc. operates within the Courier services, except by air sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares United Parcel Service with three other trucking and warehousing companies in North America: XPO Logistics Inc (2020 sales of $16.25 billion of which 63% was Transportation), Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc ($4.67 billion of which 81% was Trucking), and J B Hunt Transport Services Inc ($9.64 billion of which 49% was Intermodal (JBI)).

Sales Analysis. During the second quarter of 2021, sales at United Parcel Service totalled $23.42 billion. This is an increase of 14.5% from the $20.46 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020. During the first two quarters of 2021, sales totalled $46.33 billion, which is 20.4% higher than through the first two quarters of 2020. During the previous 23 quarters, sales at United Parcel Service have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year. Sales at United Parcel Service appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 9 years, sales have been highest during the fourth quarter, which has accounted for between 26.9% and 29.4% of the annual sales. During the year ended December of 2020, sales at United Parcel Service were $84.63 billion. This is an increase of 14.2% versus 2019, when the company's sales were $74.09 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at United Parcel Service (and since 2015, sales have increased a total of 45%). Sales of U.S. Domestic Package saw an increase of 15.1% in 2020, from $46.49 billion to $53.50 billion.