United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) offered investors good news when it reported fourth-quarter 2024 earnings in late January. It also provided investors with news that could easily be seen as bad. But if you step back from that bad news,

One of the key things to remember about UPS is that it is a logistics giant. The company's brown-clad employees and trucks can be seen in every city and town in a coordinated dance that allows for packages to be delivered quickly and in a cost-effective fashion.