Union Pacific Stock Forecast, Price & News

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Union Pacific in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Union Pacific stock.
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Union Pacific saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,240,000 shares, an increase of 64.8% from the February 28th total of 5,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Union Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 22nd 2021.
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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 22nd. The railroad operator reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.06 by $0.06. The railroad operator had revenue of $5 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.07 billion. Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.40% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.71%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.15 earnings per share.
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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 increased by 54.0% and is now trading at $217.98.
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Union Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Investors of record on Friday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.97 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 25th.
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Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.74%. Union Pacific does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. 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 before market open on Monday, June 9th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, May 15th 2014. The newly minted shares were distributed 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.

23 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Union Pacific's shares. Their forecasts range from $163.00 to $255.00. On average, they expect Union Pacific's stock price to reach $208.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%.
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921 employees have rated Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz on Glassdoor.com. Lance Fritz has an approval rating of 8% among Union Pacific's employees. This puts Lance Fritz in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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) and Guangshen Railway (GSHHY).
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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.07%), Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (0.07%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.07%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Union Pacific stock include Elizabeth F Whited, Jennifer L Hamann, 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 Capital Wealth Planning LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Sentry Investment Management LLC, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds Voor DE Media PNO, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, and Crossmark Global Holdings 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Systematic Alpha Investments LLC, Wallington Asset Management LLC, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Schwab Charitable Fund, Everence Capital Management Inc., BOKF NA, and Annex Advisory Services LLC. 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.
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One share of UNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $217.98.

Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $145.33 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 30,960 workers across the globe.

Union Pacific was founded in 1862.

The official website for Union Pacific is www.up.com.

Union Pacific is headquartered at 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE, 68179.

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]