How to buy Union Pacific stock in Canada

Union Pacific is a railroads business based in the US. Union Pacific shares (UNP) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $226.32 – a decrease of 3.69% over the previous week. Union Pacific employs 30,518 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $24.3 billion.

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Union Pacific stock price (NYSE: UNP)

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Union Pacific stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$226.32
52-week range	$216.15 - $256.59
50-day moving average more info button	$237.99
200-day moving average more info button	$239.18
Wall St. target price	$257.54
PE ratio more info button	20.6189
Dividend yield more info button	$5.24 (2.39%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$10.89

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Union Pacific price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $226.32 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.69%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-6.63%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-7.77%
6 months (2024-06-21)	0.09%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-7.09%
2 years (2022-12-22)	13.66%
3 years (2021-12-22)	226.6295
5 years (2019-12-20)	39.97%

Is Union Pacific stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Union Pacific stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Union Pacific's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Union Pacific's P/E ratio

Union Pacific's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Union Pacific shares trade at around 21x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Union Pacific's PEG ratio

Union Pacific's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4076. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Union Pacific's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Union Pacific's EBITDA

Union Pacific's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $12 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Union Pacific's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Union Pacific financials

Revenue TTM	$24.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	39.86%
Gross profit TTM	$13.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	8.99%
Return on equity TTM	43.4%
Profit margin	27.33%
Book value	$27.33
Market Capitalization more info button	$136.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Union Pacific stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 48.48% of net profits

Recently Union Pacific has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Union Pacific shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Union Pacific's case, that would currently equate to about $5.24 per share.

While Union Pacific's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Union Pacific may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Union Pacific's most recent dividend payout was on 29 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 8 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Union Pacific's stocks ever split?

Union Pacific's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 8 June 2014 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Union Pacific stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Union Pacific stocks, which in turn could have impacted Union Pacific's stock price.

Union Pacific stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Union Pacific's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $216.1461 up to $256.5894. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Union Pacific's is 1.056. This would suggest that Union Pacific's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Union Pacific overview

Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, renewable biofuel producers, and other agricultural users; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, petroleum, liquid petroleum gases, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. Union Pacific Corporation was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Union Pacific is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.201% of Union Pacific stocks are held by insiders and 81.855% by institutions. How many people work for Union Pacific?
Latest data suggests 30,518 work at Union Pacific. When does the fiscal year end for Union Pacific?
Union Pacific's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Union Pacific based?
Union Pacific's address is: 1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, United States, 68179 What is Union Pacific's ISIN number?
Union Pacific's international securities identification number is: US9078181081 What is Union Pacific's CUSIP number?
Union Pacific's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 907818108

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