Union Pacific Stock Forecast, Price & News

Union Pacific's stock was trading at $141.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UNP stock has increased by 44.2% and is now trading at $204.08.
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24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Union Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 28th 2021.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The railroad operator reported $2.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.05. The railroad operator had revenue of $4.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.97 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.54% and a return on equity of 32.45%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.22 EPS.
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Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Wednesday, December 30th. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 27th.
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Union Pacific shares split on the morning of Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable 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 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which allows the company to buyback 150,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

24 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Union Pacific's shares. Their forecasts range from $138.00 to $239.00. On average, they expect Union Pacific's share price to reach $187.87 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.9%.
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Union Pacific saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,350,000 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the September 30th total of 3,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,650,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Union Pacific include Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Central Japan Railway (CJPRY), Kansas City Southern (KSU) and Guangshen Railway (GSH).
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.23%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.53%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.96%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.90%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.80%) and Morgan Stanley (0.71%). Company insiders that own Union Pacific stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, Rhonda S Ferguson, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, State Street Corp, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Cibc World Markets Corp, Interval Partners LP, and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Standard Life Aberdeen plc, First Trust Advisors LP, Jennison Associates LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Morgan Stanley, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Candlestick Capital Management LP, and Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT. 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.08.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $137.52 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 31,362 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]