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Union Pacific Corp UNP

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$245.99 +1.33 (0.54%)
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Union Pacific's Intermodal Demand Stabilizing, but Cost Inflation Still a Headwind

Since 2018, all the rails have confronted the push to implement precision scheduled railroading, or PSR, if they hadn’t already. Shareholders have demanded it, motivated by PSR’s initial success at Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. Union Pacific is no exception, launching its own PSR efforts in late 2018. UP’s operating ratio (expenses/revenue) was in a better position than other railroads when its rollout started, but PSR has proved to be the surest path to greater network efficiency and higher incremental margins.

Price vs Fair Value

UNP is trading at a 15% premium.
Price
$243.85
Fair Value
$232.00
Uncertainty
Medium
1-Star Price
$131.40
5-Star Price
$316.50
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

We expect international and domestic intermodal volumes to flip positive this year as retail sector restocking activity improves and truckload competition abates.

Bears

Intermodal pricing headwinds from depressed rates in the competing truckload sector will linger into first half 2024.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$244.66
Day Range
$244.22246.37
52-Week Range
$190.39258.62
Bid/Ask
$245.90 / $246.02
Market Cap
$149.99 Bil
Volume/Avg
944,890 / 2.3 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
23.46
Price/Sales
6.19
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
2.13%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.13%
Total Yield
2.60%

Company Profile

Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the US, UP generated $24 billion of revenue in 2023 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, fertilizers, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and historically derives roughly 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Railroads
Stock Style Box
Large Core
Total Number of Employees
32,973

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
UNP
CSX
CNI
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
23.4620.1724.39
Price/Book Value
10.095.955.58
Price/Sales
6.195.066.96
Price/Cash Flow
17.1913.6616.70
Price/Earnings
UNP
CSX
CNI

Financial Strength

Metric
UNP
CSX
CNI
Quick Ratio
0.620.880.35
Current Ratio
0.811.050.61
Interest Coverage
7.116.959.99
Quick Ratio
UNP
CSX
CNI

Profitability

Metric
UNP
CSX
CNI
Return on Assets (Normalized)
9.63%8.83%12.60%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
47.89%30.10%31.55%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
15.34%13.72%18.67%
Return on Assets
UNP
CSX
CNI
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