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Union Pacific Corp UNP

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$244.22 +0.99 (0.41%)
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Union Pacific: No Surprises During Investor Day; Healthy Core Pricing Should Persist

Matthew Young

During Class I railroad Union Pacific's investor day, management highlighted key strategic initiatives, namely those linked to productivity improvement and volume growth via efficiency gains and strong network service performance, especially fluidity. Most, if not all, of Union Pacific's key service metrics—velocity, train length, and so on—have improved year over year thus far in 2024 under railroad veteran Jim Vena's leadership. The firm also discussed various investments targeting new business development, including its Falcon/Eagle Premium (north-south) intermodal offering and its Gulf Coast petrochemical franchise. We noted no major surprises in the presentation and do not expect to alter our discounted cash flow-derived $218 fair value estimate.

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Price vs Fair Value

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UNP is trading at a 876% premium.
Price
$244.22
Fair Value
$984.00
Uncertainty
Medium
1-Star Price
$687.90
5-Star Price
$873.50
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

International intermodal volumes flipped positive this year on a solid US West Coast import recovery, including an uptick in retailer inventory restocking.

Bears

Domestic-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
$243.23
Day Range
$243.94–247.48
52-Week Range
$199.33–258.66
Bid/Ask
$235.56 / $247.35
Market Cap
$148.78 Bil
Volume/Avg
2.0 Mil / 2.2 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
22.93
Price/Sales
6.17
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
2.15%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.19%
Total Yield
2.21%

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, Union Pacific generated $24 billion of revenue in 2023 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, fertilizers, and automotive goods. Union Pacific 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
30,556
Website
https://www.up.com

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Valuation

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UNP
NSC
CSX
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 22.9322.7019.07
Price/Book Value
 9.034.295.31
Price/Sales
 6.174.624.65
Price/Cash Flow
 16.7419.8813.01
Price/Earnings
UNP
NSC
CSX

Financial Strength

Metric
UNP
NSC
CSX
Quick Ratio
 0.760.500.98
Current Ratio
 1.050.631.16
Interest Coverage
 7.413.866.61
Quick Ratio
UNP
NSC
CSX

Profitability

Metric
UNP
NSC
CSX
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 9.70%6.06%8.45%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 43.80%19.67%28.89%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 15.24%10.56%13.22%
Return on Assets
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NSC
CSX

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