United Parcel Service (UPS) CEO Carol Tomé has bought the dip in the company’s stock.
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On July 31, Tomé paid $1 million for 11,682 UPS shares at an average price of $85.67 each. She now owns 24,718 shares in a personal account, and 167,229 super voting Class A shares, according to a form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In addition to serving UPS as CEO, Tomé is also a member of the company’s board of directors. Her latest share purchases were made after UPS announced on July 29 its second-quarter earnings per share that missed Wall Street estimates, sending the stock down 11% on that day. So far in 2025, UPS stock has fallen 29%.
Other Buyers
CEO Tomé wasn’t the only senior executive at UPS who bought the dip in the company’s stock. Board Chair William Johnson paid $432,477 on Aug. 1 for 5,000 UPS shares at an average price of $86.50 each. He now owns 10,160 shares in a personal account, according to SEC filings.
Tomé last purchased UPS stock on the open market in May 2020, when she paid $1 million for 10,100 shares at an average price of $99.33 each. Johnson last bought UPS stock in July 2024, when he paid $643,035 for 5,000 shares at an average price of $128.61 each.
Is UPS Stock a Buy?
United Parcel Service stock has a consensus Moderate Buy rating among 19 Wall Street analysts. That rating is based on nine Buy, eight Hold, and two Sell recommendations issued in the last three months. The average UPS price target of $106.32 implies 22.45% upside from current levels.
