Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -0.12% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $247.74.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $248.05, falling within a range of $245.76 and $250.0. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 1.056 whereas the PE ratio is 22.76 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $258.66, and the low was $218.55. On the whole, UNP has fluctuated by 9.46% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Union Pacific Corp currently standing at about $150.19 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in February. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 5.28, with its dividend yield at 2.13%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 25.13B, with a low estimate of 5.99B and a high estimate of 6.31B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 6.13B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that UNP’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.51, with the price of UNP currently trading nearly 6.59% and 5.63% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 70.04, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.16% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.63%. Furthermore, Union Pacific Corp (UNP)’s beta value is 1.07, and its average true range (ATR) is 4.72.
A comparison of Union Pacific Corp (UNP) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. UNP showed an intraday change of -0.12% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 1.81%%.
Data on historical trading for Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 2.73 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 2.72 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 606.91 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.25% of Union Pacific Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 81.14% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 5.39 million shares as on 2024-12-31, resulting in a short ratio of 2.0. According to the data, the short interest in Union Pacific Corp (UNP) stood at 89.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-29 reached 5.72 million. The stock has risen by 8.64% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the UNP stock heading into the next quarter.
