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

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 Wabtec (WAB). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

Union Pacific vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Union Pacific had 28 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Union Pacific and 19 mentions for American Airlines Group. Union Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Union Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Union Pacific
32 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Airlines Group
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Union Pacific has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Union Pacific has a net margin of 27.76% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. Union Pacific's return on equity of 40.80% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Union Pacific27.76% 40.80% 9.91%
American Airlines Group 1.26%-26.59%1.91%

Union Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $255.13, suggesting a potential upside of 7.54%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $15.84, suggesting a potential upside of 33.94%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Union Pacific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Union Pacific
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Union Pacific has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Union Pacific$24.25B5.85$6.75B$11.1021.37
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9013.14

80.4% of Union Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Union Pacific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Union Pacific beats American Airlines Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UNP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UNP vs. The Competition

MetricUnion PacificTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$141.82B$46.01B$7.11B$20.52B
Dividend Yield2.28%2.07%914.35%3.78%
P/E Ratio21.3812.8112.9127.79
Price / Sales5.855.04342.9140.34
Price / Cash15.6023.087.4722.26
Price / Book8.522.842.114.58
Net Income$6.75B$2.47B$563.51M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.09%-0.08%0.47%0.41%
1 Month Performance5.89%1.82%4.22%3.59%
1 Year Performance6.96%3.55%5.17%14.47%

Union Pacific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNP
Union Pacific
4.6124 of 5 stars
$237.24
+0.3%
$255.13
+7.5%
+5.9%$141.82B$24.25B21.3832,439Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.6203 of 5 stars
$11.29
+0.1%
$15.68
+38.9%
+5.9%$7.45B$54.21B12.54133,300Analyst Forecast
CSX
CSX
4.3872 of 5 stars
$32.65
-0.8%
$34.14
+4.6%
+0.0%$61.33B$14.28B19.5522,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.5861 of 5 stars
$143.74
-1.1%
$163.15
+13.5%
-3.2%$14.26B$12.09B26.0933,646Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.5266 of 5 stars
$104.07
+0.7%
$120.52
+15.8%
-10.1%$65.34B$12.44B20.2924,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.2998 of 5 stars
$79.14
+1.1%
$90.95
+14.9%
+1.1%$72.92B$10.62B26.7411,800Positive News
Analyst Revision
NSC
Norfolk Southern
4.0129 of 5 stars
$256.42
+0.2%
$267.71
+4.4%
+22.0%$57.81B$12.12B17.5219,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.8129 of 5 stars
$100.94
-0.2%
$120.26
+19.1%
-24.4%$85.48B$91.07B14.71536,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RVSN
Rail Vision
0.8796 of 5 stars
$0.33
-2.1%
N/A-49.6%$16.97M$1.30M-0.0760
FDX
FedEx
4.833 of 5 stars
$227.69
-0.5%
$283.00
+24.3%
-19.2%$54.55B$87.93B13.49249,000Insider Trade
WAB
Wabtec
4.1055 of 5 stars
$209.78
+1.0%
$216.00
+3.0%
+35.2%$35.90B$10.39B32.8827,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:UNP) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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