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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
KSU Kansas City Southern	$293.59	$297.85	$190.64 ▼ $315.39	$26.71B	1.1	1.25 million shs	40.68 million shs
UNP Union Pacific	$232.82 +2.1%	$238.67	$191.11 ▼ $258.66	$142.05B	1.06	1.93 million shs	5.52 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
UNP Union Pacific	+1.65%	+0.44%	-0.75%	-7.87%	+21.06%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.4418 of 5 stars	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	0.0	1.7	1.9
UNP Union Pacific	4.7263 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	4.2	2.7	2.1	1.7	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
KSU Kansas City Southern	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UNP Union Pacific	2.74	Moderate Buy	$259.61	11.51% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest KSU and UNP Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/3/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$248.00 ➝ $267.00
4/26/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy	$275.00 ➝ $280.00
4/26/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$198.00 ➝ $210.00
4/26/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$271.00 ➝ $273.00
4/26/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$255.00 ➝ $270.00
4/26/2024	UNP Union Pacific	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$252.00 ➝ $258.00
4/12/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$231.00 ➝ $248.00
4/11/2024	UNP Union Pacific	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$248.00 ➝ $274.00
4/10/2024	UNP Union Pacific	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$260.00 ➝ $266.00
4/9/2024	UNP Union Pacific	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$237.00 ➝ $243.00

(Data available from 6/1/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
KSU Kansas City Southern	$2.63B	10.15	$10.98 per share	26.74	$48.19 per share	6.09
UNP Union Pacific	$24.09B	5.90	$14.49 per share	16.07	$25.67 per share	9.07

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
KSU Kansas City Southern	$617M	$1.02	287.84	30.17	N/A	3.33%	16.69%	7.02%	N/A
UNP Union Pacific	$6.38B	$10.48	22.22	18.73	1.86	26.52%	44.34%	9.57%	7/24/2024 (Estimated)

Latest KSU and UNP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
4/25/2024	Q1 2024	UNP Union Pacific	$2.50	$2.69	+$0.19	$2.69	$5.97 billion	$6.03 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
KSU Kansas City Southern	$2.16	0.74%	N/A	211.77%	N/A
UNP Union Pacific	$5.20	2.23%	+10.25%	49.62%	17 Years

Latest KSU and UNP Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/9/2024	UNP Union Pacific	quarterly	$1.30	2.11%	5/31/2024	5/31/2024	6/28/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.89	0.72	0.62
UNP Union Pacific	1.99	0.93	0.76

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
KSU Kansas City Southern	79.69%
UNP Union Pacific	80.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
KSU Kansas City Southern	0.83%
UNP Union Pacific	0.28%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
KSU Kansas City Southern	6,522	90.98 million	90.23 million	Optionable
UNP Union Pacific	32,973	610.12 million	608.41 million	Optionable

KSU and UNP Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

June 1 at 10:02 PM | marketbeat.com

3 Surging Dividends to Profit From “Industrial Revolution II”

June 1 at 6:42 PM | marketbeat.com

Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC Decreases Stake in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP)

May 29 at 6:36 PM | benzinga.com

$100 Invested In This Stock 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth $900 Today

May 29 at 1:35 PM | kfdi.com

Union Pacific to hold meeting on Wichita contamination site

May 29 at 12:38 PM | marketbeat.com

Focus Financial Network Inc. ADV Takes Position in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP)

May 29 at 8:35 AM | msn.com

Union Pacific to test air quality in homes impacted by chemical spill near 29th & Grove

May 29 at 8:35 AM | khou.com

Union Pacific to start soil testing in Houston's 5th Ward near 'cancer cluster'

May 29 at 7:52 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) Declares $1.30 Quarterly Dividend

May 28, 2024 | ksn.com

Union Pacific Railroad asking permission to test 29th and Grove air quality in homes

May 28, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) Shares Acquired by Stifel Financial Corp

May 27, 2024 | msn.com

The Week That Was, The Week Ahead: Macro & Markets, May 26, 2024

May 27, 2024 | marketbeat.com

United Services Automobile Association Sells 62,309 Shares of Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP)

May 27, 2024 | seekingalpha.com

Union Pacific: Returning Luster To A Storied Railroad Or Not

May 26, 2024 | msn.com

Union Pacific reaching out to 29th and Grove residents for further testing

May 26, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Westfield Capital Management Co. LP Sells 7,492 Shares of Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP)

May 26, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

Borderlands Mexico: Port of Eagle Pass, Texas, fastest-growing border crossing in the U.S.

May 25, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Intech Investment Management LLC Sells 33,649 Shares of Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP)

May 25, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

Can Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) Maintain Its Strong Returns?

May 25, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) Shares Sold by Primecap Management Co. CA

May 24, 2024 | investorplace.com

The 3 Best Railroad Stocks to Buy Now: May 2024

May 24, 2024 | marketbeat.com

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) Shares Sold by Argus Investors Counsel Inc.

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Company Descriptions

Kansas City Southern

NYSE:KSU

Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. It focuses on the growing north or south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The firm also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network. The company was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Union Pacific

NYSE:UNP

Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, renewable biofuel producers, and other agricultural users; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, petroleum, liquid petroleum gases, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. Union Pacific Corporation was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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