NYSE:UNP - Union Pacific Stock Price, Price Target & More

Union Pacific trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UNP."

Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.73 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Union Pacific's Dividend History.

Union Pacific's stock split on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly created 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 Co. (NYSE:UNP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The railroad operator reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.66 by $0.02. The railroad operator earned $5.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.39 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 22.16% and a net margin of 50.73%. Union Pacific's revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.32 earnings per share. View Union Pacific's Earnings History.

Union Pacific is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Union Pacific.

23 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Union Pacific's shares. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $178.00. On average, they expect Union Pacific's share price to reach $146.1579 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Union Pacific.

Union Pacific saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,243,091 shares, an increase of 28.0% from the May 15th total of 11,910,835 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,139,457 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares 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), Cent JAPAN Rwy/ADR (CJPRY), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

Media coverage about UNP stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a coverage optimism score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the railroad operator an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Union Pacific's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.68%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.67%), Northern Trust Corp (1.17%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.02%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.82%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.65%). Company insiders that own Union Pacific stock include Andrew H Card Jr, Cameron A Scott, Diane K Duren, Elizabeth F Whited, Eric L Butler, Michael W Mcconnell, Robert M Knight Jr and Steven R Rogel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Natixis, Swiss National Bank, Element Capital Management LLC and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. Company insiders that have sold Union Pacific company stock in the last year include Cameron A Scott, Elizabeth F Whited and Robert M Knight Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Union Pacific.

UNP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Forsta AP Fonden and Mawer Investment Management Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $143.95.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $110.42 billion and generates $21.24 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $10.71 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.79 on an earnings per share basis. Union Pacific employs 41,992 workers across the globe.

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]