Gladwyn Financial Advisors Inc. Takes $71,000 Position in Union Pacific Corporation $UNP

Gladwyn Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 307 shares of the railroad operator’s stock, valued at approximately $71,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Union Pacific during the first quarter worth about $988,822,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Union Pacific by 29.8% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,699,109 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $873,878,000 after purchasing an additional 850,025 shares during the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co lifted its position in shares of Union Pacific by 61,054.6% during the first quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 625,000 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $147,650,000 after purchasing an additional 623,978 shares during the last quarter. Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. bought a new position in shares of Union Pacific during the first quarter worth about $115,096,000. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board lifted its position in shares of Union Pacific by 10.8% during the first quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 4,626,200 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $1,092,893,000 after purchasing an additional 452,788 shares during the last quarter. 80.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

UNP has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $271.00 to $286.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $220.00 to $215.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 7th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Union Pacific in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Union Pacific from $257.00 to $276.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on Union Pacific from $270.00 to $277.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and eleven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.58.

Union Pacific Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of Union Pacific stock opened at $225.98 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $224.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $224.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $134.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.63, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.07. Union Pacific Corporation has a twelve month low of $204.66 and a twelve month high of $256.84.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The railroad operator reported $3.03 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.84 by $0.19. The business had revenue of $6.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.09 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 41.73% and a net margin of 28.43%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.74 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Union Pacific Corporation will post 11.99 earnings per share for the current year.

Union Pacific Company Profile

Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, renewable biofuel producers, and other agricultural users; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, petroleum, liquid petroleum gases, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers.