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by jhgfjhgfjhfgjhg 1052 days ago
You are wrong. UPS does not make anything close to $75 B per year in profit.
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Looks like they made $100B in revenue and $74B profit in 2022.

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/UPS/ups/revenue

  UPS annual revenue for 2022 was $100.338B, a 3.14% increase from 2021.
  UPS annual revenue for 2021 was $97.287B, a 14.96% increase from 2020.
  UPS annual revenue for 2020 was $84.628B, a 14.22% increase from 2019.

  UPS annual gross profit for 2022 was $74.152B, a 3.08% increase from 2021.
  UPS annual gross profit for 2021 was $71.939B, a 12.32% increase from 2020.
  UPS annual gross profit for 2020 was $64.05B, a 13.61% increase from 2019.
You need to look at net profit not gross which is much smaller. The net profit margin 10%.
Why? Aren't salaries paid before obligations and taxes?