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UPS rises after Q1 profit beat

** Shares of United Parcel Service UPS rise 1% to $146.82 premarket

** Co reported Q1 adj profit of $1.43/shr, down 35% from last year but above analysts' estimates of $1.29/shr - LSEG

** It reported a revenue of $21.71 bln, below estimates of $21.86 bln

** UPS reported a 3.2% decline in average daily volumes in its domestic segment and a 5.8% drop in its international segment, but said volumes "showed improvement through the quarter"

** Twelve of 31 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 17 "hold" and 2 "sell"; their median PT is $159

** YTD, UPS down 7.6%

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