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UNP vs. AAL, CSX, JBHT, CNI, CP, NSC, UPS, RVSN, FDX, and DAL

Should you be buying Union Pacific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Union Pacific include American Airlines Group (AAL), CSX (CSX), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Norfolk Southern (NSC), United Parcel Service (UPS), Rail Vision (RVSN), FedEx (FDX), and Delta Air Lines (DAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Union Pacific vs. Its Competitors

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus target price of $16.59, indicating a potential upside of 34.32%. Union Pacific has a consensus target price of $261.58, indicating a potential upside of 15.49%. Given American Airlines Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Union Pacific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Union Pacific
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Pacific has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Union Pacific has a net margin of 28.43% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Union Pacific's return on equity of 41.73% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.05% -24.55% 1.68%
Union Pacific 28.43%41.73%10.08%

Union Pacific has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Airlines Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.15$846M$0.8015.44
Union Pacific$24.25B5.54$6.75B$11.5119.68

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Union Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Union Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Union Pacific had 26 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Union Pacific and 9 mentions for American Airlines Group. Union Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.77 indicating that Union Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Union Pacific
28 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Union Pacific beats American Airlines Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UNP vs. The Competition

MetricUnion PacificTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$134.82B$46.14B$7.29B$22.01B
Dividend Yield2.43%1.75%471.62%3.60%
P/E Ratio19.6812.4515.0232.73
Price / Sales5.545.86536.0861.29
Price / Cash15.0721.687.9024.48
Price / Book8.132.852.344.67
Net Income$6.75B$2.47B$555.46M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.26%-1.49%0.03%0.03%
1 Month Performance2.55%4.41%-1.85%0.21%
1 Year Performance-5.76%4.74%3.47%11.07%

Union Pacific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNP
Union Pacific
4.7272 of 5 stars
$226.50
-0.4%
$261.58
+15.5%
-6.9%$134.82B$24.25B19.6832,439Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.1403 of 5 stars
$11.74
+1.9%
$16.59
+41.3%
-7.0%$7.75B$54.25B14.68133,300Upcoming Earnings
CSX
CSX
4.7629 of 5 stars
$35.57
+0.2%
$38.39
+7.9%
+7.5%$66.31B$14.16B21.9623,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.3547 of 5 stars
$138.12
+0.8%
$159.67
+15.6%
-6.4%$13.37B$12.09B25.1133,646Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.711 of 5 stars
$96.15
+1.8%
$113.90
+18.5%
-16.1%$59.69B$12.44B18.4925,428Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.2009 of 5 stars
$76.11
+1.6%
$91.38
+20.1%
-4.5%$69.02B$10.62B23.7119,797
NSC
Norfolk Southern
3.7404 of 5 stars
$289.87
+0.5%
$293.80
+1.4%
+15.3%$65.11B$12.12B19.5919,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.9766 of 5 stars
$83.20
+0.4%
$109.31
+31.4%
-36.1%$70.51B$91.07B12.38490,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RVSN
Rail Vision
1.1991 of 5 stars
$0.62
+4.9%
N/A+15.5%$32.16M$1.30M-0.1460Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
FDX
FedEx
4.4257 of 5 stars
$229.51
+2.2%
$273.08
+19.0%
-12.5%$54.15B$88.59B13.40440,000Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.8134 of 5 stars
$58.68
+2.1%
$70.31
+19.8%
+10.6%$38.32B$61.64B8.27100,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:UNP) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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