Union Pacific Stock Forecast, Price & News

Union Pacific's stock was trading at $141.56 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UNP shares have increased by 47.6% and is now trading at $208.95.
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24 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Union Pacific stock.
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6,978 employees have rated Union Pacific CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Union Pacific's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Union Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 21st 2021.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The railroad operator reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.05. The railroad operator earned $4.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.97 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 31.71% and a net margin of 27.40%. The business's revenue was down 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.22 EPS.
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Union Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.97 per share on Wednesday, December 30th. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 27th.
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Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.80%. The dividend payout ratio of Union Pacific is 46.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Union Pacific will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.77% next year. This indicates that Union Pacific will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Union Pacific split on the morning of 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 declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase 150,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Union Pacific issued an update on its fourth quarter 2020 IntraDay earnings guidance on Friday, January, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.1-5.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.05 billion.

24 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Union Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Union Pacific's stock price to reach $201.44 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%.
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Union Pacific saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,630,000 shares, an increase of 15.1% from the December 15th total of 4,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,870,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.8% 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), Guangshen Railway (GSHHY) 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Maj Invest Holding A S (0.27%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.07%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.04%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%) and Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.03%). 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 North Star Investment Management Corp., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Capital City Trust Co. FL, and Addenda Capital Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maj Invest Holding A S, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Bainco International Investors, Windward Capital Management Co. CA, Pinnacle Bank, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, and Raymond James Trust N.A.. 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $208.95.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $140.80 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.

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]