UPS Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

UPS insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $2.66M, against no open-market purchases.

None of the 1 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2026-01 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-01-28. The average open-market sale price was $106.15; the last close of $97.48 is 8.2% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 25,014 shares worth $2.66M on 2026-01-28. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -6.0%, from $103.70.

Where UPS trades relative to its one-year range

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC closed at $97.48 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $86.41 to $120.00. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 33.0% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +13.8%, and over roughly three months -17.2%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 5,145,440 shares.

Across 9 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 42) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +33.5%. UPS is behind that median and beat 22% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded UPS

STOCK Act disclosures show 87 trades in UPS by 24 members of Congress over five years (43 purchases, 44 sales), most recently on 2026-09-25. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 20 trades; Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), 13 trades; Kelly Morrison (D-MN), 6 trades; Scott Franklin (R-FL), 6 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 5 trades.

By party the trades split 44 by Democrats, 43 by Republicans; by chamber, 84 from the House, 3 from the Senate.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 3 prime award actions to UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC, worth $5.98M across 2 agencies. Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for 98.9% of that value ($5.92M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

UPS lobbying disclosures

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC appears in 7 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $330.0K in reported lobbying spend.

Compare UPS with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to UPS:

• ODFL one-year return +35.9%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-01-28
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-25
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-10-09
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

UPS data questions

Are UPS insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 1 Form 4 sales totaling $2.66M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for UPS?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, UPS traded between $86.41 and $120.00, last closing at $97.48.

Has any member of Congress traded UPS stock?

Yes. 24 members disclosed 87 trades in UPS over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-25.