Fiduciary Family Office LLC Increases Stake in Union Pacific Corporation $UNP

Fiduciary Family Office LLC boosted its position in shares of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) by 1.1% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 4,452 shares of the railroad operator’s stock after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the quarter. Fiduciary Family Office LLC’s holdings in Union Pacific were worth $1,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in UNP. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Union Pacific by 16.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 10,545 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $2,491,000 after acquiring an additional 1,520 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its stake in Union Pacific by 83.3% during the 1st quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 792 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $187,000 after acquiring an additional 360 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Union Pacific by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 69,018 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $16,305,000 after acquiring an additional 934 shares during the period. Jmac Enterprises LLC raised its stake in Union Pacific by 84.6% during the 1st quarter. Jmac Enterprises LLC now owns 1,661 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $392,000 after acquiring an additional 761 shares during the period. Finally, Whalen Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in Union Pacific during the 1st quarter worth approximately $846,000. Institutional investors own 80.38% of the company’s stock.

Union Pacific Trading Up 0.6%

UNP stock opened at $227.37 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $224.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $224.12. Union Pacific Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $204.66 and a fifty-two week high of $256.84. 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 $134.86 billion, a PE ratio of 19.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.07.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last posted 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.09 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.74 earnings per share. Union Pacific’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Union Pacific Corporation will post 11.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have commented on UNP shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Union Pacific from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $272.00 price objective (up previously from $257.00) on shares of Union Pacific in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Raymond James Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating on shares of Union Pacific in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $263.00 price objective (up previously from $251.00) on shares of Union Pacific in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Union Pacific from $267.00 to $265.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.58.

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.