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Everyday tasks can become much bigger obstacles when moving around isn’t easy to do.
“It’s been exhausting going up and down the steps,” T’Andra Starling said.
Last year, T’Andra Starling had to learn to walk again.
“I had a diabetic ulcer. It got infected, and I caught sepsis and went into a coma,” Starling said.
On top of that, her younger brother D-Aunte, who she helps care for, has cerebral palsy and has mobility issues of his own.
While its peers struggle, this dividend stock is thriving like never before.
Key Points
After a record 2020, United Parcel Service is showing no signs of slowing down. Shares of UPS have nearly doubled over the last three years and are up 23% year to date.
The stock is now hovering around an all-time high, but there are good arguments that it’s still cheap given the long-term investment thesis.
UPS is working to get operations at the old LSC Communications building in Strasburg up and running, but it’s about 50 employees short.
Mike Moore, business manager at the Front Royal UPS Center at 912 John Marshall Highway, said the company needs 23 more employees to load trucks and about 30 helpers to serve as drivers.
The operation at the former LSC Communications building at 1 Shenandoah Valley Drive in Strasburg was supposed to open Sunday, Moore said, but couldn’t because there wasn’t enough staff.
Why the company’s domestic package margin is the key to its growth prospects.
Key Points
Whenever UPS has an earnings call, analysts usually ask questions around the same subject. Specifically, what are the prospects for UPS’ U.S. domestic package segment margin outlook? Fortunately, the company has been reporting good progress on this front, not least due to its strategic initiatives and CEO Carol Tome’s “better, not bigger” framework.
Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it’s exciting to see United Parcel Service, Inc. is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. The ex-dividend date occurs one day before the record date which is the day on which shareholders need to be on the company’s books in order to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is important because any transaction on a stock needs to have been settled before the record date in order to be eligible for a dividend. Meaning, you will need to purchase United Parcel Service’s shares before the 19th of November to receive the dividend, which will be paid on the 8th of December.
The company’s next dividend payment will be US $1.02 per share, on the back of last year when the company paid a total of US$4.08 to shareholders. Calculating the last year’s worth of payments shows that United Parcel Service has a trailing yield of 1.9% on the current share price of $213.19. Dividends are a major contributor to investment returns for long term holders, but only if the dividend continues to be paid. We need to see whether the dividend is covered by earnings and if it’s growing.