Quotient Wealth Partners LLC Has $731,000 Holdings in Union Pacific Corporation $UNP

Quotient Wealth Partners LLC trimmed its position in shares of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) by 22.2% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 3,176 shares of the railroad operator’s stock after selling 905 shares during the period. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Union Pacific were worth $731,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of UNP. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Union Pacific during the first quarter worth about $988,822,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Union Pacific by 29.8% during the 1st 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 in the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its stake in shares of Union Pacific by 61,054.6% in 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 in the first quarter valued at approximately $115,096,000. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board lifted its holdings in shares of Union Pacific by 10.8% in the first quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 4,626,200 shares of the railroad operator’s stock valued at $1,092,893,000 after purchasing an additional 452,788 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.38% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

UNP has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Loop Capital raised Union Pacific from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the company from $214.00 to $227.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Union Pacific from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $250.00 to $285.00 in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $257.00 to $276.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $271.00 to $286.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Baird R W upgraded shares of Union Pacific to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $261.58.

Union Pacific Price Performance

UNP opened at $225.98 on Friday. Union Pacific Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $204.66 and a fifty-two week high of $256.84. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $224.71 and a 200 day moving average of $224.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a current ratio of 0.65. The firm has a market cap of $134.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.63, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.07.

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

About Union Pacific

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.