1,391 Shares in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) Bought by Lifeworks Advisors LLC

Lifeworks Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 1,391 shares of the railroad operator’s stock, valued at approximately $343,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Cultivar Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in Union Pacific during the second quarter worth $27,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new stake in Union Pacific during the second quarter worth $28,000. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Union Pacific by 3,250.0% during the second quarter. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. now owns 134 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Union Pacific during the third quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Fairscale Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Union Pacific during the second quarter worth $31,000. Institutional investors own 80.38% of the company’s stock.

Union Pacific Stock Performance

NYSE:UNP opened at $235.58 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $242.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $238.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $142.82 billion, a PE ratio of 21.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.79. Union Pacific Co. has a twelve month low of $215.81 and a twelve month high of $258.66.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The railroad operator reported $2.75 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.78 by ($0.03). Union Pacific had a net margin of 27.33% and a return on equity of 41.79%. The firm 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 business posted $2.51 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate that Union Pacific Co. will post 10.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

UNP has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $265.00 to $262.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $263.00 to $252.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their target price on shares of Union Pacific from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Raymond James boosted their target price on shares of Union Pacific from $265.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $266.00 target price on shares of Union Pacific in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $259.80.

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.