Union Pacific Corporation

NYSE:UNP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$137.2b

Union Pacific Valuation

Is UNP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UNP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: UNP ($226.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($281.31)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UNP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UNP?

Key metric: As UNP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UNP. This is calculated by dividing UNP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UNP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.7x
EarningsUS$6.64b
Market CapUS$137.21b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UNP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UNP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.7x
CSX CSX
16.8x5.7%US$61.4b
NSC Norfolk Southern
22x12.5%US$53.0b
UBER Uber Technologies
29.1x21.4%US$127.9b
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line
31.1x8.6%US$38.7b
UNP Union Pacific
20.7x7.0%US$137.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UNP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the peer average (24.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UNP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Transportation Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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UNP 20.7xIndustry Avg. 28.4xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UNP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the US Transportation industry average (28.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UNP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UNP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.7x
Fair PE Ratio23.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UNP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UNP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$226.32
US$257.76
+13.9%
7.0%US$285.00US$215.00n/a28
Dec ’25US$244.66
US$258.96
+5.8%
6.6%US$285.00US$215.00n/a28
Nov ’25US$232.69
US$257.57
+10.7%
6.3%US$283.00US$215.00n/a28
Oct ’25US$245.55
US$261.81
+6.6%
6.9%US$291.00US$215.00n/a27
Sep ’25US$256.09
US$260.44
+1.7%
6.6%US$280.00US$210.00n/a27
Aug ’25US$244.47
US$260.44
+6.5%
6.6%US$280.00US$210.00n/a27
Jul ’25US$224.86
US$263.81
+17.3%
7.3%US$290.00US$210.00n/a27
Jun ’25US$232.82
US$265.99
+14.2%
7.0%US$290.00US$210.00n/a27
May ’25US$234.96
US$264.63
+12.6%
7.0%US$290.00US$210.00n/a29
Apr ’25US$243.30
US$258.69
+6.3%
8.1%US$290.00US$200.00n/a28
Mar ’25US$252.98
US$255.26
+0.9%
8.2%US$290.00US$200.00n/a28
Feb ’25US$249.27
US$252.76
+1.4%
9.1%US$290.00US$200.00n/a28
Jan ’25US$245.62
US$240.37
-2.1%
9.7%US$282.00US$182.00n/a28
Dec ’24US$231.37
US$238.62
+3.1%
9.2%US$282.00US$182.00US$244.6628
Nov ’24US$207.56
US$238.44
+14.9%
9.0%US$282.00US$182.00US$232.6928
Oct ’24US$203.63
US$246.10
+20.9%
9.4%US$285.00US$182.00US$245.5529
Sep ’24US$221.03
US$247.27
+11.9%
9.4%US$285.00US$182.00US$256.0930
Aug ’24US$231.50
US$247.63
+7.0%
9.3%US$285.00US$182.00US$244.4730
Jul ’24US$204.62
US$218.37
+6.7%
7.9%US$247.00US$171.00US$224.8630
Jun ’24US$195.68
US$218.83
+11.8%
7.7%US$247.00US$171.00US$232.8230
May ’24US$198.63
US$217.97
+9.7%
7.6%US$247.00US$171.00US$234.9629
Apr ’24US$201.26
US$219.81
+9.2%
7.4%US$245.00US$179.00US$243.3027
Mar ’24US$207.99
US$221.26
+6.4%
6.8%US$245.00US$179.00US$252.9827
Feb ’24US$207.93
US$219.93
+5.8%
7.0%US$245.00US$179.00US$249.2728
Jan ’24US$207.07
US$217.75
+5.2%
7.7%US$250.00US$177.00US$245.6228
Dec ’23US$215.93
US$215.21
-0.3%
8.2%US$251.00US$177.00US$231.3728

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:53
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Union Pacific Corporation is covered by 59 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Will ChienAccountability Research Corporation
Jeffrey KauffmanAegis Capital Corporation
John EadeArgus Research Company