NYSE:UNP - Union Pacific Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.97 per share on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. View Union Pacific's Dividend History.

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 issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes 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 has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which permits the company to buyback 150,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The railroad operator reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.09. The railroad operator had revenue of $5.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.24 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 32.65% and a net margin of 27.28%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.12 earnings per share. View Union Pacific's Earnings History.

20 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Union Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $139.00 to $206.00. On average, they anticipate Union Pacific's share price to reach $180.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Union Pacific.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Union Pacific.

Press coverage about UNP stock has trended very positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a coverage optimism score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the railroad operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Union Pacific.

Union Pacific saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,890,000 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the December 15th total of 6,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the company 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), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

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Union Pacific's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.35%), Waverton Investment Management Ltd (0.09%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.08%), Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.07%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.06%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.06%). 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 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Waverton Investment Management Ltd, TIAA FSB and Baxter Bros Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Union Pacific company stock in the last year include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, Rhonda S Ferguson, Robert M Knight Jr and Todd M Rynaski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Calamos Advisors LLC, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Selz Capital LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Artemis Investment Management LLP and Ironvine Capital Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $187.19.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $129.95 billion and generates $22.83 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $5.97 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.91 on an earnings per share basis. Union Pacific employs 41,967 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Union Pacific.

The official website for Union Pacific is http://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]