NYSE:UNPUnion Pacific Stock Price, Forecast & News

Union Pacific's stock was trading at $141.56 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UNP shares have increased by 19.4% and is now trading at $169.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Union Pacific.

Union Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Union Pacific.

Union Pacific will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The railroad operator reported $2.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.90 by $0.25. The railroad operator had revenue of $5.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.08 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.85% and a return on equity of 34.15%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.93 earnings per share. View Union Pacific's earnings history.

Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. View Union Pacific's dividend history.

Shares of Union Pacific 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 payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, June 6th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Union Pacific stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Union Pacific announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which permits the company to buyback 150,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

26 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Union Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $125.00 to $205.00. On average, they anticipate Union Pacific's stock price to reach $174.28 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Union Pacific.

Media stories about UNP stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the railroad operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Union Pacific.

Union Pacific saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,430,000 shares, a decline of 19.0% from the May 31st total of 7,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Union Pacific's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Union Pacific include Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Kansas City Southern (KSU) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH). View all competitors.

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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 Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%), Park National Corp OH (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%) and Thomasville National Bank (0.00%). Company insiders that own Union Pacific stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, Lynden L Tennison, Rhonda S Ferguson, Robert M Knight Jr, Todd M Rynaski, Vincenzo J Vena and William J Delaney III. View institutional ownership trends for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cox Capital Mgt LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc., Thomasville National Bank, and Park National Corp OH. Company insiders that have sold Union Pacific company stock in the last year include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, and Robert M Knight Jr. View insider buying and selling activity for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and First Financial Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have bought Union Pacific stock in the last two years include Vincenzo J Vena, and William J Delaney III. View insider buying and selling activity for Union Pacific.

Shares of UNP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $169.08.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $114.73 billion and generates $21.71 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $5.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.38 on an earnings per share basis. Union Pacific employs 37,483 workers across the globe.

The official website for Union Pacific is www.up.com.

Union Pacific's mailing address is 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE, 68179. The railroad operator can be reached via phone at 402-544-5000 or via email at [email protected]