Union Pacific Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Union Pacific stock.
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Union Pacific saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 8,870,000 shares, an increase of 41.9% from the May 13th total of 6,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Union Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 21st. The railroad operator reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.06. The railroad operator had revenue of $5 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.07 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.02% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.45%. The company's revenue was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.15 EPS.
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Union Pacific's stock was trading at $141.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UNP stock has increased by 54.7% and is now trading at $218.99.
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Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 28th will be given a dividend of $1.07 per share on Wednesday, June 30th. This represents a $4.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 27th. This is an increase from Union Pacific's previous quarterly dividend of $0.97.
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Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.97%. Union Pacific does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Union Pacific is 52.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Union Pacific will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.63% next year. This indicates that Union Pacific will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Union Pacific split on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly created shares were issued 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.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Union Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $175.00 to $260.00. On average, they anticipate Union Pacific's stock price to reach $226.53 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price.
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921 employees have rated Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz on Glassdoor.com. Lance Fritz has an approval rating of 8% among Union Pacific's employees. This puts Lance Fritz in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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 (GSHHY).
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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 BlackRock Inc. (7.04%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.65%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%), Northern Trust Corp (1.17%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.16%). Company insiders that own Union Pacific stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, Robert M Knight Jr, Todd M Rynaski, Vincenzo J Vena and William J Delaney III.
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UNP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Capital International Investors, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Capital Wealth Planning LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund. Company insiders that have sold Union Pacific company stock in the last year include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, and Todd M Rynaski.
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UNP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factorial Partners LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Putnam Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc., CCLA Investment Management Ltd, Royal Bank of Canada, Ameriprise Financial Inc., and Wilkinson Global Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Union Pacific stock in the last two years include Vincenzo J Vena, and William J Delaney III.
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Shares of UNP 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 $218.99.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $145.48 billion and generates $19.53 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $5.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.19 on an earnings per share basis.

Union Pacific employs 30,960 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Union Pacific: Railex (Assets), and Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Union Pacific was founded in 1862.

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

Union Pacific is headquartered at 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE, 68179.

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]