About Union Pacific Corporation
Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) is a Industrials company in the Railroads, Line-Haul Operating industry with a market capitalisation of $168.9B. The stock trades at 23.03x trailing earnings and yields 1.95%.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads, Line-Haul Operating
- Market cap
- $168.9B
- P/E ratio
- 23.03
- EPS (TTM)
- $11.98
- Revenue (TTM)
- $24.5B
- Free cash flow
- $5.5B
- Profit margin
- 29.1%
- Dividend yield
- 1.95%
- Shares outstanding
- 594.1M
Financial health: Fair6/10
5 strengths, 3 concerns. Weakest points: debt to equity, net debt vs cash flow, current ratio.
- Debt to equity: 1.72 (Concern, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 1.72x equity is high against the 0.5x benchmark. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 5.6y (Concern, benchmark < 4 years) — Net debt of $30.5B is 5.6x annual free cash flow — about 6 years of cash flow to repay.
- Current ratio: 0.91 (Concern, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover only 0.91x short-term liabilities — below 1.0, meaning bills due this year exceed the assets on hand to pay them. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 38.6% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 38.6% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 45.6% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 45.6% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 29.1% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 29.1% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $5.5B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $5.5B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has been broadly flat over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 1.1% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 1.1% year on year, short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: 5.8% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed 5.8% year on year, short of the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 45.3% (Strong, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 45.3% of earnings as dividends, leaving room to keep paying.