United Parcel Service, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US9113121068

SecurityUPS / United Parcel Service, Inc.
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership4,153,549 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 408,252,000
Ubs Ag ownership in UPS / United Parcel Service, Inc.

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 4,153,549 shares of United Parcel Service, Inc. (US:UPS) valued at $408,252,331 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 3,769,379 shares of United Parcel Service, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 10.19% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $451,366,170 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (UPS) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 367,844 of underlying shares valued at $36,155,000 USD and put options representing 54,300 of underlying shares valued at $5,337,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

UPS / United Parcel Service, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 4,153,549 384,170 10.19 408,252 5.50 0.3011
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,769,379 246,039 6.98 386,964 12.78 0.3029
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,523,340 294,114 9.11 343,102 1.11 0.3049
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,523,340 343,102
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,229,226 180,021 5.90 339,328 21.80 0.3172
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,229,226 339,328
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,049,205 43,627 1.45 278,605 7.19 0.2850
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B 911312106 3,005,578 3,005,578 259,922 0.3081
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 367,844 -8.63 36,155 -12.52 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 402,600 -23.42 41,331 -19.26 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 525,700 28.14 51,193 18.75 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 525,700 51,193 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 410,263 -23.36 43,111 -11.86 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 410,263 43,111 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 535,300 -30.99 48,910 -27.09 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Call 775,700 67,082 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 54,300 -32.12 5,337 -35.02 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 80,000 1.78 8,213 7.30 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 78,600 -54.09 7,654 -57.45 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 78,600 7,654 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 171,200 -41.93 17,990 -33.21 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 171,200 17,990 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 294,800 5.70 26,936 11.68 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B Put 278,900 24,119 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.