Union Pacific Corp (NYSE: UNP) is -4.56% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $216.79 and a high of $258.66 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The UNP stock was last observed hovering at around $235.57 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.16%.
Currently trading at $234.41, the stock is -0.84% and -2.95% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.4 million and changing -0.49% at the moment leaves the stock -2.53% off its SMA200. UNP registered 6.86% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -3.78%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $241.861 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $240.56786.
The stock witnessed a -3.97% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.90%, and is -3.12% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.56% over the week and 1.73% over the month.
Union Pacific Corp (UNP) has around 31490 employees, a market worth around $142.11B and $24.29B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.54 and Fwd P/E is 19.23. Profit margin for the company is 27.33%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.13% and -9.38% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.04%).
with sales reaching $6.13B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.14% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.61% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.48% in year-over-year returns.
Union Pacific Corp (UNP) Top Institutional Holders
3237.0 institutions hold shares in Union Pacific Corp (UNP), with institutional investors hold 81.85% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 609.70M, and float is at 604.87M with Short Float at 0.83%. Institutions hold 81.69% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 58.38 million shares valued at $13.21 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5827% of the UNP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 42.8 million shares valued at $9.68 billion to account for 7.0258 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 24.57 million shares representing 4.0332% and valued at over $5.56 billion, while BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ holds 2.1807 of the shares totaling 13.28 million with a market value of $3.01 billion.
Union Pacific Corp (UNP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Whited Elizabeth F, the company’s PRESIDENT. SEC filings show that Whited Elizabeth F sold 3,552 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 30 ’24 at a price of $246.59 per share for a total of $0.88 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 64945.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 15 ’24, Whited Elizabeth F (PRESIDENT) disposed off 3,750 shares at an average price of $250.00 for $0.94 million. The insider now directly holds 56,682 shares of Union Pacific Corp (UNP).
