NYSE:UNP - Union Pacific Stock Price, Forecast & News

Union Pacific's stock was trading at $141.56 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UNP shares have decreased by 0.5% and is now trading at $140.91. 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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The railroad operator reported $2.02 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.01. The railroad operator had revenue of $5.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.24 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.27% and a return on equity of 32.86%. The business's revenue was down 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.12 earnings per share. View Union Pacific's earnings history.

Union Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Investors 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 2.75%. The ex-dividend date 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 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 declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback 150,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

21 analysts have issued 12 month price targets 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Union Pacific.

Press coverage about UNP stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Union Pacific earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the railroad operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutUnion Pacific.

Union Pacific saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 10,200,200 shares, a decline 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 presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares 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), 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."

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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $140.91.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $97.26 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]