Union Pacific - UNP 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 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" UNP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UNP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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19 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Union Pacific's stock. Their UNP share price forecasts range from $177.00 to $278.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $222.28 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price.
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Union Pacific's stock was trading at $251.93 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UNP stock has decreased by 15.8% and is now trading at $212.22.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 19th 2023.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 20th. The railroad operator reported $3.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.06 by $0.13. The railroad operator earned $6.57 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.41 billion. Union Pacific had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 56.68% and a net margin of 28.95%. Union Pacific's revenue for the quarter was up 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.57 earnings per share.
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Union Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 30th.
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Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.46%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 15 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 46.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UNP will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, June 6th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Union Pacific announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, which allows the company to repurchase 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

921 employees have rated Union Pacific Chief Executive Officer Lance Fritz on Glassdoor.com. Lance Fritz has an approval rating of 8% among the company's employees. This puts Lance Fritz in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.84%), BlackRock Inc. (6.89%), State Street Corp (4.46%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.60%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.22%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.94%). Insiders that own company stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, Kenyatta G Rocker, Teresa Finley, Todd M Rynaski, Vincenzo J Vena and William J Delaney III.
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Shares of UNP stock 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 $212.22.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) has a market capitalization of $130.47 billion and generates $21.80 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $6.52 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.21 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 32,124 workers across the globe.

Union Pacific's mailing address is 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE, 68179. The official website for the company is www.up.com. The railroad operator can be reached via phone at (402) 544-5000, via email at investor.relations@up.com, or via fax at 402-271-6408.