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UPS Is Getting Away With Highway Robbery (and Investors Are Cheering)
Okay, let's be real. UPS cutting ties with Amazon and everyone's acting like it's some kind of genius move? Give me a break. It's like dumping your worst-paying client and then patting yourself on the back for being a financial wizard.
So, UPS decided to "strategically shift" away from Amazon. Carol Tome, the CEO, even called it "the most significant strategic shift in our company's history." You know what I call it? A convenient excuse to mask the fact that maybe, just maybe, they couldn't compete with Amazon's own growing delivery network.
They're framing it as focusing on "higher-margin work." Right. Because squeezing more money out of smaller businesses is somehow more noble than fulfilling the demands of the biggest e-commerce behemoth on the planet. It's classic corporate spin. Make a problem sound like a plan. It's like when my cable company tells me my bill is going up so they can "invest in better service"... Yeah, sure.
And the investors? They're eating it up! The stock jumped 8% after the earnings report. Eight percent! For what? For ditching a major client and laying off 48,000 people? That's like celebrating a pyrrhic victory. "Hey, we lost the battle, but at least we burned down the village to win!"
Speaking of layoffs, let's not forget the 48,000 jobs that got the axe. They claim it's about "broader restructuring and efficiency efforts" due to tariffs affecting demand. But come on, how much of that is really just fallout from losing Amazon's business? They’re passing it off as some grand plan, but is it really just cleaning up the mess after a bad breakup?
Oh, and then there's the little matter of the UPS plane crash earlier this month. The one where 14 people died and 23 were injured. Now, the NTSB is saying they found "fatigue cracks" in the plane. Fatigue cracks? Really? In a key structural component? How long were those cracks there? What kind of maintenance schedule are they running over there? It’s convenient that they are blaming "fatigue cracks" instead of, you know, maybe cutting corners to save a buck after losing a huge chunk of their business?
The stock price, which had already dropped nearly 24% this year, took another dive after the crash news broke. And rightfully so. UPS Stock Dives as Fatal Crash Investigation Points Finger at ‘Fatigue Cracks’ This isn’t just about numbers on a spreadsheet; it's about human lives. And when a company starts prioritizing profits over safety, that's when things go south fast. It’s a race to the bottom, and people get hurt.
They're trying to lure investors back with a "high dividend yield of 7.01%." It's like dangling a shiny object in front of a toddler to distract them from the fact that you just stole their candy. Sure, the dividend looks nice now, but how sustainable is it when you're shedding customers and jobs left and right?
And the stock's trading at a P/E multiple of just under 13, way below the S&P 500 average. They're calling it a "compelling long-term investment." I call it a bargain-bin stock with a big question mark hanging over its head. What happens when the economy doesn't improve? What happens when Amazon completely dominates the delivery market? Are we really supposed to believe UPS has some secret plan to outmaneuver Jeff Bezos?
I am not buying it.
This whole "strategic shift" smells like a desperate attempt to put lipstick on a pig. UPS is trying to convince everyone that they're in control, that they're making the tough decisions, but the truth is probably much uglier. They got outmaneuvered by Amazon, and now they're trying to spin it as a victory. Meanwhile, people are losing their jobs, planes are falling out of the sky, and investors are cheering. It's a circus of delusion, and I'm not clapping.