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 given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View Union Pacific's Dividend History.

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 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 of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase 150,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The railroad operator reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.07. The railroad operator earned $5.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.65 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.28% and a return on equity of 32.65%. The company's revenue was down 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.15 earnings per share. View Union Pacific's Earnings History.

Union Pacific is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Union Pacific.

Union Pacific will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 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.

20 brokerages have issued 1-year 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 2.8%. 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.

Media stories about UNP stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the railroad operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate 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 trading volume of 2,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 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), 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.35%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.08%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.06%), Perigon Wealth Management LLC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Union Pacific stock include Elizabeth F Whited, 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., PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, TIAA FSB, Baxter Bros Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, United Services Automobile Association and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Union Pacific company stock in the last year include Elizabeth F Whited, Rhonda S Ferguson, Robert M Knight Jr and Todd M Rynaski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Selz Capital LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $185.32.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $128.65 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]