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. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.73 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Union Pacific's Dividend History.

Union Pacific shares 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 payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The railroad operator reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.02. The railroad operator earned $5.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.39 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 50.73% and a return on equity of 22.16%. Union Pacific's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $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 brokers 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 stock price to reach $146.1579 in the next year. 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 trading volume of 3,139,457 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock are short sold. 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).

News articles about UNP stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the railroad operator an impact score of 45.71 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Union Pacific's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $144.20.

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]