NYSE:UNP - Union Pacific Stock Price, Forecast & 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 (WHO). Since then, UNP stock has decreased by 5.5% and is now trading at $133.7886. 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 earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The railroad operator reported $2.02 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $5.24 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 32.86% and a net margin of 27.27%. The firm's revenue was down 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.12 EPS. View Union Pacific's earnings history.

Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.97 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $3.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Union Pacific's dividend history.

Shares of Union Pacific split before market open on 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 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 stock buyback program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 150,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

21 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Union Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $125.00 to $216.00. On average, they expect Union Pacific's stock price to reach $184.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Union Pacific.

Media coverage about UNP stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the railroad operator a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutUnion Pacific.

Union Pacific saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 10,200,200 shares, a decrease 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 short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's stock 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), Norfolk Southern (NSC), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

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

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One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $133.79.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $92.35 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]