Union Pacific (UNP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" UNP shares.
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26 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Union Pacific's stock. Their UNP share price forecasts range from $168.00 to $285.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $233.97 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price.
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Union Pacific's stock was trading at $207.07 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, UNP shares have increased by 2.9% and is now trading at $212.98.
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Union Pacific saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,560,000 shares, a decline of 18.9% from the August 15th total of 5,620,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,700,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 19th 2023.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The railroad operator reported $2.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.18. The railroad operator earned $5.96 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.09 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 55.03%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.93 EPS.
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Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 30th.
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Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.44%. 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 47.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UNP will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.34% 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 before market open on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes 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 announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which permits the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (55.99%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), State Street Corp (4.07%), Capital International Investors (2.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.88%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.07%). 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 $212.98.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) has a market capitalization of $129.80 billion and generates $24.88 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $7.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.96 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.