Union Pacific (UNP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" UNP shares.
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24 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Union Pacific's shares. Their UNP share price targets range from $168.00 to $282.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $238.96 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price.
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Union Pacific's stock was trading at $207.07 at the start of the year. Since then, UNP shares have increased by 12.0% and is now trading at $231.82.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 23rd 2024.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 19th. The railroad operator reported $2.51 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.10. The railroad operator had revenue of $5.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.96 billion. Union Pacific had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.14% and a net margin of 26.37%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.19 earnings per share.
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Union Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 8th will be paid a dividend of $1.30 per share on Thursday, December 28th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 7th.
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Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.25%. 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 49.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UNP will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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), TCW Transform Systems ETF (NETZ), Optimize AI Smart Sentiment Event-Driven ETF (OAIE), ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL) and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI).

Union Pacific shares split before market open on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly minted 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 has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which allows the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally 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's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.74%), Morgan Stanley (1.46%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.36%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.19%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%) and FMR LLC (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Eric J Gehringer, Jennifer L Hamann, Kenyatta G Rocker, Teresa Finley and Todd M Rynaski.
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