422 Shares in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) Acquired by Values First Advisors Inc.

Values First Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 422 shares of the railroad operator’s stock, valued at approximately $104,000.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Richardson Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Union Pacific in the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Cultivar Capital Inc. acquired a new position in Union Pacific in the second quarter valued at about $27,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL bought a new stake in shares of Union Pacific in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Tributary Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Union Pacific during the first quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Union Pacific by 3,250.0% during the 2nd quarter. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. now owns 134 shares of the railroad operator’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. 80.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Union Pacific

In related news, President Elizabeth F. Whited sold 3,552 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.59, for a total value of $875,887.68. Following the transaction, the president now owns 64,945 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,014,787.55. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.28% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

UNP has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup assumed coverage on Union Pacific in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $264.00 target price for the company. Daiwa America lowered shares of Union Pacific from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of Union Pacific from $280.00 to $275.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their target price on Union Pacific from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Union Pacific from $270.00 to $255.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Union Pacific presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $259.15.

Union Pacific Price Performance

Shares of NYSE UNP opened at $230.30 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $246.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $238.55. The company has a market cap of $140.30 billion, a PE ratio of 21.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.05. Union Pacific Co. has a twelve month low of $199.97 and a twelve month high of $258.66.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The railroad operator reported $2.75 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.76 by ($0.01). Union Pacific had a return on equity of 42.62% and a net margin of 26.90%. The business had revenue of $6.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.14 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.51 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Union Pacific Co. will post 11.07 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.