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

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. Since then, UNP stock has decreased by 1.0% and is now trading at $140.20. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 12 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, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Union Pacific.

Union Pacific will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 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 quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The railroad operator reported $2.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.01. The railroad operator earned $5.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.24 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.27% and a return on equity of 32.86%. Union Pacific's revenue for the quarter was down 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.12 EPS. View Union Pacific's earnings history.

Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.97 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Union Pacific's dividend history.

Union Pacific's stock 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 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 allows the company to buyback 150,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

21 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Union Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $125.00 to $216.00. On average, they anticipate Union Pacific's stock price to reach $187.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Union Pacific.

Headlines about UNP stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the railroad operator a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutUnion Pacific.

Union Pacific saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 10,200,200 shares, a decline of 8.8% from the February 27th total of 11,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Union Pacific's Current Options Chain.

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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 (4.44%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.92%), Capital World Investors (1.78%), FMR LLC (1.57%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.38%) and Norges Bank (1.04%). 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 FMR LLC, Boston Partners, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., First Trust Advisors LP, Capital Research Global Investors, Jennison Associates LLC, and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 activity for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Capital International Investors, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., State Street Corp, Capital World Investors, Soroban Capital Partners LP, Toronto Dominion Bank, and Findlay Park Partners LLP. 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 $140.20.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $96.77 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. 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]