Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) Stock

About Union Pacific Corporation

Union Pacific Corporation, a prominent American railway enterprise, conducts its primary operations through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company. The company provides extensive freight transportation services for a wide array of commodities. Its diverse cargo includes agricultural products like grain, fertilizers, and refrigerated foods; energy resources such as coal, renewables, petroleum, and liquid petroleum gases; and industrial materials encompassing construction products, chemicals, plastics, forest products, metals, ores, soda ash, and sand. Union Pacific also facilitates the movement of finished automobiles, automotive parts, and general merchandise in intermodal containers, serving a varied clientele that spans agricultural processors, energy producers, and industrial manufacturers. As of December 31, 2021, the company's vast rail network stretched 32,452 route miles, strategically connecting major ports along the Pacific and Gulf Coasts with crucial gateways throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Established in 1862, Union Pacific Corporation is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Union Pacific Corporation is led by CEO Vincenzo James Vena, employs 30,146 people, headquartered in Omaha, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) stock trades at $292.19 with a market capitalization of $173.58B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.43, price-to-book of 8.34, price-to-sales of 6.55. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $210.84 and $313.14, and currently trades 6.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.02%.

On profitability, Union Pacific Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 40.69% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 53.28%, an operating margin of 40.09%, a net profit margin of 29.20%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Union Pacific Corporation reported annual revenue of $24.5B, net profit of $7.1B, revenue has compounded at 4.6% a year over the last five years, profit at 5.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 0.91, total assets of $69.7B, $1.3B in cash and equivalents.

UNP has an average daily trading volume of 2,959,973 shares, a beta of 0.97.

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