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Old 01-31-2012, 11:23 AM
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United Parcel Service's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha

Some highlights from the C.E.O and C.F.O...
  • "2011 was a record year for UPS" - Kurt Kuehn
  • Record 2011 revenue of $53.1 billion, up more than 7%
  • Highest operating margin in the industry-15.8%
  • Solid top line growth in a challenging economic environment
  • 20% improvement in operating profit
  • Busiest peak ever, delivering almost 500 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas
  • Revenue per piece up 3.4%
  • Record earnings per share
  • Strong growth from Poland, Turkey and France
  • Free cash flow exceeding $5 billion
  • Robust growth in e-commerce
  • U.S. market performed very well, going at a faster pace than projected
  • Solid growth in Europe
  • Asian volume lagged expectations
  • 2012: global economic expansion is expected to be slightly below the rate seen in 2011
  • U.S. is one of the few economies where expectations are greater than 2011
  • Asian growth is still projected to outpace the rest of the world
  • Repurchased 38.7 million shares in 2011 for approximately $2.7 billion
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What is this thread doing on the FDX forum?

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Old 01-31-2012, 02:10 PM
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So when are they going to start hiring.......
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So when are they going to start hiring.......
Offering more voluntary leave in the next bid period. They are still overstaffed...........the union will produce slides soon affirming the companies position.
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Originally Posted by Freighter Captain View Post
United Parcel Service's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha

Some highlights from the C.E.O and C.F.O...
  • "2011 was a record year for UPS" - Kurt Kuehn
  • Record 2011 revenue of $53.1 billion, up more than 7%
  • Highest operating margin in the industry-15.8%
  • Solid top line growth in a challenging economic environment
  • 20% improvement in operating profit
  • Busiest peak ever, delivering almost 500 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas
  • Revenue per piece up 3.4%
  • Record earnings per share
  • Strong growth from Poland, Turkey and France
  • Free cash flow exceeding $5 billion
  • Robust growth in e-commerce
  • U.S. market performed very well, going at a faster pace than projected
  • Solid growth in Europe
  • Asian volume lagged expectations
  • 2012: global economic expansion is expected to be slightly below the rate seen in 2011
  • U.S. is one of the few economies where expectations are greater than 2011
  • Asian growth is still projected to outpace the rest of the world
  • Repurchased 38.7 million shares in 2011 for approximately $2.7 billion
Wait till they replace the pilot group with UAVs! Of course that will NEVER happen.......just like they will NEVER furlough. One thing I have learned is never say never.
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Originally Posted by freightretriever View Post
Wait till they replace the pilot group with UAVs! Of course that will NEVER happen.......just like they will NEVER furlough. One thing I have learned is never say never.
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Originally Posted by Diesel 10 View Post
What is this thread doing on the FDX forum?

Making Fred want to be more like Scott.

UPS has cut every sector of the company not just to, but into the bone. Even with giving away market share to Fed Ex (who does offer better customer service by any measure), UPS' profit margin dwarfs Fed Ex. Much of it is due to UPS' superior ground network and while paying more in every job description than Fed Ex getting more out of each surf/employee.

The guy is a rock star to the BOD and major share holders...to us, not so much.

This party will eventually end as UPS cedes market share to Fed Ex and becomes unable to respond to what I HOPE is an impending recovery. In that event, UPS will be left behind and Davis will cash out and leave us to flounder and be picked over by vultures. What I mean by "I HOPE" is partly obvious...I hope there is a recovery and that the BOD replaces Davis with a growth guy like Fred.

Or...if the economy flounders even more, Davis may well be the Nostradamus of the shipping industry.

On and on it goes, this thing of ours.
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really sideshow, picked over by vultures. still acquiring airframes, not ceding much, if any, market share. An ultra-conservative company doing what ultra-conservative companies do, stay low and hoard cash until they are convinced that a recovery has taken hold...usually 2-3 years after everyone else got the memo. I'm fairly confident, and I'm almost as paranoid as you, that when the time comes and UPS feels like growing the company, they will. Doubtful that the BOD will let Davis singlehandedly sink the company..
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Originally Posted by SKYWCRJCA View Post
So when are they going to start hiring.......

We still have union members on furlough ....

Management pilots are hired as needed.

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So when are they going to start hiring.......
You mean when do the furloughs start again!!!!!
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