Why UPS Stock Was Down 12.8% in Q1 as the S&P 500 Had Its Worst Quarter Since 2022

Shares in UPS (NYSE: UPS) fell by 12.8% in the first quarter of 2025, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The decline comes down to a poorly received fourth-quarter earnings report and mounting evidence of a slowdown in its end markets that could pressure its first-quarter earnings.The fourth-quarter numbers didn't surprise investors as much as UPS' announcement that it would reduce Amazon delivery volume by 50% by the second half of 2026. This is a sizable task given that Amazon deliveries represented 11.8% of UPS' total company revenue in 2024.It's also a task that makes perfect sense to UPS' business strategy. Amazon deliveries tend to be low-margin or even loss-making, as they often are inefficiently packaged and are business-to-consumer (B2C) deliveries that can go to residential addresses that are hard to find or difficult to deliver to.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool