United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS – Get Free Report) and Arrive AI (NASDAQ:ARAI – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for United Parcel Service and Arrive AI, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| United Parcel Service | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2.38 |
| Arrive AI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
United Parcel Service presently has a consensus target price of $115.87, suggesting a potential upside of 23.00%. Arrive AI has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6,664.37%. Given Arrive AI’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arrive AI is more favorable than United Parcel Service.
Volatility and Risk
Profitability
This table compares United Parcel Service and Arrive AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| United Parcel Service | 5.08% | 37.50% | 8.21% |
| Arrive AI | -50,198.12% | -346.39% | -110.62% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares United Parcel Service and Arrive AI”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| United Parcel Service | $88.66 billion | 0.90 | $5.57 billion | $5.38 | 17.51 |
| Arrive AI | $110,000.00 | 83.67 | -$12.83 million | ($0.65) | -0.27 |
United Parcel Service has higher revenue and earnings than Arrive AI. Arrive AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Parcel Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
60.3% of United Parcel Service shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of United Parcel Service shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.5% of Arrive AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
United Parcel Service beats Arrive AI on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation and delivery, distribution, contract logistics, ocean freight, airfreight, customs brokerage, and insurance services. It operates through two segments, U.S. Domestic Package and International Package. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of express letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States. The International Package segment provides guaranteed day and time-definite international shipping services comprising guaranteed time-definite express options in Europe, Asia, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The company also offers international air and ocean freight forwarding, post-sales, and mail and consulting services. In addition, it provides truckload and customs brokerage services; supply chain solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industries; fulfillment and transportation management services; and integrated supply chain and shipment insurance solutions. United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
About Arrive AI
We were incorporated on April 30, 2020, in the State of Delaware under the name of Dronedek Corporation. The Company changed its name to Arrive Technology Inc. on July 27, 2023. The Company changed its name to Arrive AI Inc. on September 30, 2024. We are a developmental technology company with a focus on designing and implementing a commercially viable smart mailbox and platform system for smart, secure, and seamless exchange of packages, goods, supplies, food, and medications between people, through the use of robots, and drones. We have not started conducting commercial operations and we had no revenues for fiscal years 2022, 2023 or 2024. Arrive executed an exclusive patent license agreement on May 26, 2020 with its CEO, Mr. O’Toole and amended in December 2024 and March 2025, whereby Mr. O’Toole granted Arrive rights to use, sell, manufacture and otherwise commercialize certain technologies relating to secured drone delivery ALM mailboxes in exchange for license fees. Such technologies helped jumpstart our business operations and will continue to play such a critical role in our growth that we became heavily reliant on the right to use them. Our corporate address is in Fishers, Indiana.
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