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Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP – Get Rating) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock investors purchased 35,588 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 350% compared to the typical volume of 7,913 call options.

Institutional Trading of Union Pacific

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. grew its stake in shares of Union Pacific by 60.5% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 17,729 shares of the railroad operator's stock worth $1,415,000 after buying an additional 6,684 shares during the last quarter. Builder Investment Group Inc. ADV purchased a new stake in shares of Union Pacific in the 4th quarter worth approximately $929,000. Natixis grew its stake in shares of Union Pacific by 408.4% in the 4th quarter. Natixis now owns 790,201 shares of the railroad operator's stock worth $163,627,000 after buying an additional 634,763 shares during the last quarter. Athena Investment Management lifted its position in Union Pacific by 19.3% in the 4th quarter. Athena Investment Management now owns 1,372 shares of the railroad operator's stock valued at $284,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Chelsea Counsel Co. bought a new position in Union Pacific in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.27% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

UNP has been the subject of several research analyst reports. TD Securities dropped their price target on Union Pacific from $230.00 to $225.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 25th. StockNews.com lowered Union Pacific from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 6th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Union Pacific from $205.00 to $200.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 4th. Royal Bank of Canada raised Union Pacific from an "underperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $191.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Monday. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on Union Pacific from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 11th. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $218.92.

Union Pacific Stock Up 10.0 %

UNP stock opened at $212.17 on Tuesday. Union Pacific has a fifty-two week low of $183.70 and a fifty-two week high of $278.94. The business's 50 day moving average price is $206.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $210.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.60, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.72. The company has a market capitalization of $129.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 1.11.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 24th. The railroad operator reported $2.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.75 by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $6.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.26 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 58.41% and a net margin of 28.13%. The firm's revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.66 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Union Pacific will post 11.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Union Pacific Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 28th will be paid a $1.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 27th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.45%. Union Pacific's payout ratio is currently 46.35%.

Union Pacific Company Profile

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Union Pacific Corp. engages in the provision of railroad and freight transportation services. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Co, operates as a railroad franchise. The Railroad's diversified business mix includes agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, coal, industrial products, and intermodal.