United Parcel Service, Inc. Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations increased by 6.1% to $6.57B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 4.3%, from $6.86B to $6.57B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations shows a downward trend with a -16.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests rising long-term benefit obligations or lower plan asset performance, while a decrease indicates reduced future liability or improved funding status.
This represents the long-term financial obligations a company expects to pay to retired employees for pension benefits a...
Standard across capital-intensive industries with legacy workforces; peers often disclose this as part of net periodic benefit cost.
non_current_liabilities_pension_and_other_postretirement_0d4947| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $7.68B | $7.67B | $8.05B | $8.20B | $8.34B | $6.75B | $4.81B | $4.60B | $4.64B | $4.67B | $6.16B | $6.32B | $6.45B | $5.38B | $6.86B | $7.02B | $6.40B | $6.19B | $6.57B |
| QoQ Change | — | -0.0% | +4.9% | +1.9% | +1.7% | -19.1% | -28.8% | -4.3% | +0.7% | +0.8% | +31.9% | +2.7% | +2.0% | -16.5% | +27.4% | +2.3% | -8.8% | -3.3% | +6.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +8.7% | -12.1% | -40.3% | -43.9% | -44.4% | -30.8% | +28.1% | +37.4% | +39.1% | +15.3% | +11.4% | +11.0% | -0.8% | +14.9% | -4.3% |