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Which Are The Prominent Growth Areas For Rail Companies This Year?
The year 2016 has been characterized by top line pressure for rail companies, as a result of weakness in the shipments of most commodity groups. Nearing the midway point in the year, total rail traffic has fallen around 8% year-over-year. Weaknes...
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Railroad Industry Snapshot: Cost Reduction In Focus Amid Top Line Pressure
The railroad industry is experiencing top line pressure, with three prominent rail companies covered by Trefis expected to report a decline in revenue in 2016. This is largely due to a decline in shipments, mostly due to a sharp decline in coal s...
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Union Pacific’s Q1 2016 Earnings Review: Cost Reductions Partially Offset Impact Of Top Line Headwinds
Union Pacific’s earnings per share declined 11% year-over-year in Q1 primarily as a result of a decline in revenue driven by lower coal shipments and lower fuel surcharge revenue. Though the company’s cost reduction initiatives and lo...
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Union Pacific’s Q1 2016 Earnings Preview: Decline In Shipment Volumes And Fuel Surcharge Revenue To Negatively Impact Results
Union Pacific is scheduled to report its earnings on April 21st. We believe top-line headwinds in the form of lower shipment volumes and fuel surcharge revenue negatively impacted Union Pacific’s Q1 revenue and profitability, though lower ...
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How Did The Decline In Shipments And Oil Prices Impact Union Pacific’s Operating Ratio In 2015?
A 6% decline in shipment volumes, and a decline in fuel surcharge revenue due to lower oil prices, negatively impacted Union Pacific’s revenue in 2015. However, a decline in fuel expenses due to lower fuel prices and shipment volumes, offse...
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Union Pacific Corporation: A Look Back At The Year 2015
Union Pacific’s revenue declined by 9% year-over-year, whereas lower fuel costs and productivity improvements boosted the EBITDA margin by 180 basis points. Lower fuel costs and productivity improvements boosted the EBITDA marg...
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What Would Be The Impact Of A 100 Basis Points Decline In Union Pacific’s Share Of U.S. Rail Intermodal Shipments?
The completion of the Panama Canal expansion in 2016 is expected to boost container traffic at East Coast ports at the expense of West Coast ports, adversely impacting rail companies operating in the Western U.S., such as Union Pacific. As a resu...
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What Is Union Pacific’s Fundamental Value Based On 2015 Results?
Have more questions about Union Pacific? See the links below. What Is Union Pacific’s Revenue And EBITDA Breakdown? How Has Union Pacific’s Revenue Composition Changed Over The Last 5 Years? By What Percentage Did Union Pacif...
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How Will Union Pacific’s Revenue Composition Change By 2020?
Have more questions about Union Pacific? See the links below. What Is Union Pacific’s Revenue And EBITDA Breakdown? What Is Union Pacific’s Fundamental Value Based On 2015 Results? By What Percentage Did Union Pacific’s...
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How Has Union Pacific’s Revenue Composition Changed Over The Last 5 Years?
Have more questions about Union Pacific? See the links below. What Is Union Pacific’s Revenue And EBITDA Breakdown? What Is Union Pacific’s Fundamental Value Based On 2015 Results? By What Percentage Did Union Pacific’s...
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By What Percentage Can Union Pacific’s Revenue & EBITDA Grow In The Next 3 Years?
Union Pacific’s revenue and EBITDA can grow by 6% and 13% respectively over the next three years. Have more questions about Union Pacific? See the links below. What Is Union Pacific’s Revenue And EBITDA Breakdown? What Is U...
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By What Percentage Did Union Pacific’s Revenue & EBITDA Grow In The Last 5 Years?
Union Pacific’s revenue and EBITDA grew 28% and 55% respectively, due to an increase in shipments and revenue per carload. Have more questions about Union Pacific? See the links below. What Is Union Pacific’s Revenue And EBIT...
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What Is Union Pacific’s Revenue And EBITDA Breakdown?
Have more questions about Union Pacific? See the links below. What Is Union Pacific’s Fundamental Value Based On 2015 Results? How Has Union Pacific’s Revenue Composition Changed Over The Last 5 Years? By What Percentage Did ...
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Union Pacific Q4 2015 Earnings Review: Top Line Headwinds Negatively Impact Results
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) announced its fourth quarter results and conducted a conference call with analysts on January 21. As expected, lower shipment volumes and fuel surcharge revenues (as a result of a decline in locomotive diesel prices) nega...
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Union Pacific Q4 2015 Earnings Preview: Lower Fuel Expenses To Partially Offset Impact Of Top Line Headwinds
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) will announce its fourth quarter results and conduct a conference call with analysts on Thursday, January 21. We expect the weakness in the company’s shipment volumes, especially coal shipments, to adversely impact ...
