Lynch & Associates IN Has $1.95 Million Stock Position in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP)

Lynch & Associates IN raised its stake in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) by 10.9% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 7,901 shares of the railroad operator’s stock after acquiring an additional 779 shares during the period. Lynch & Associates IN’s holdings in Union Pacific were worth $1,947,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Richardson Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Union Pacific in the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Cultivar Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Union Pacific in the second quarter valued at about $27,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new position in shares of Union Pacific in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Scarborough Advisors LLC bought a new position in Union Pacific during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Tributary Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Union Pacific during the first quarter worth about $30,000. Institutional investors own 80.38% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Union Pacific news, President Elizabeth F. Whited sold 3,552 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.59, for a total transaction of $875,887.68. Following the sale, the president now directly owns 64,945 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,014,787.55. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.28% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

UNP has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. TD Cowen decreased their target price on shares of Union Pacific from $259.00 to $255.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Evercore ISI cut Union Pacific from an “outperform” rating to an “inline” rating and cut their price target for the company from $254.00 to $247.00 in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Union Pacific from $267.00 to $265.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 17th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their target price on Union Pacific from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Union Pacific from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $259.25.

Union Pacific Stock Performance

NYSE UNP opened at $245.79 on Wednesday. Union Pacific Co. has a fifty-two week low of $199.97 and a fifty-two week high of $258.66. The stock has a market cap of $149.96 billion, a PE ratio of 23.45, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.05. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $246.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $238.54.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 25th. The railroad operator reported $2.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.71 by $0.03. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 42.62% and a net margin of 26.90%. The business had revenue of $6.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.05 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.57 EPS. Union Pacific’s quarterly revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that Union Pacific Co. will post 11.06 EPS for the current fiscal 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.