Union Pacific (UNP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings, 12 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" UNP shares.
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25 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Union Pacific's shares. Their UNP share price forecasts range from $171.00 to $257.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $217.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price.
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Union Pacific's stock was trading at $207.07 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UNP stock has decreased by 3.8% and is now trading at $199.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 20th 2023.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 20th. The railroad operator reported $2.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.10. The railroad operator earned $6.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.03 billion. Union Pacific had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.75% and a net margin of 27.91%. The business's revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.57 EPS.
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Union Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.30 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.61%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT), Direxion Daily Transportation Bull 3X Shares (TPOR), Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF (SHPP), First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR), Engine No. 1 Transform Climate ETF (NETZ), IQ Winslow Focused Large Cap Growth ETF (IWFG), Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) and ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL).

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.58%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 45.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UNP will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.76% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Union Pacific's stock split on the morning of Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, June 6th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Union Pacific declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which permits the company to repurchase 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

921 employees have rated Union Pacific Chief Executive Officer Lance Fritz on Glassdoor.com. Lance Fritz has an approval rating of 8% among the company's employees. This puts Lance Fritz in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Union Pacific trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UNP."

Union Pacific's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.07%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.83%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.54%), Soroban Capital Partners LP (1.35%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.23%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.10%). Insiders that own company stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, Kenyatta G Rocker, Teresa Finley and Todd M Rynaski.
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Shares of UNP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $199.16.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) has a market capitalization of $121.54 billion and generates $24.88 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $7.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 33,179 workers across the globe.

Union Pacific's mailing address is 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE, 68179. The official website for the company is www.up.com. The railroad operator can be reached via phone at (402) 544-5000, via email at investor.relations@up.com, or via fax at 402-271-6408.