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Paris Climate Agreement Spells Trouble For Coal
A global agreement reached at the recently concluded COP 21 climate change conference in Paris potentially spells trouble for companies associated with coal mining and transportation. Nearly 200 nations agreed on a plan that limits temperature ri...
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The Potential Impact Of The Panama Canal Expansion On Union Pacific
The shipment of intermodal freight is an important business segment for Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP), accounting for around 20% of the company’s freight revenues. Union Pacific’s intermodal shipments consist of import and export container...
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Union Pacific Q3 Earnings Review: Cost Control In Focus In The Backdrop Of Weak Shipment Volumes
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) announced its third quarter results and conducted a conference call with analysts on October 22. As expected, weak shipment volumes and lower fuel surcharge revenues negatively impacted the company’s top line. Freig...
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Union Pacific Q3 Earnings Preview: Weak Coal Shipments To Weigh On Results
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) will announce its third quarter results and conduct a conference call with analysts on Thursday, October 22. We expect weak shipment volumes, particularly coal shipments, to negatively impact the company’s revenues ...
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Bleak Market Conditions For Coal To Negatively Impact Union Pacific’s Coal Shipment Business
Coal is one of the major commodities transported by Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP), with coal shipments accounting for roughly 18% of the company’s freight revenues in 2014. Though coal shipments remain an important source of freight revenues for...
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Union Pacific Earnings: Soft Performance, Bleak Near-Term Outlook
Union Pacific ’s (NYSE:UNP) stock declined after reporting poor second quarter results. Plagued by coal and fuel surcharge declines, Union Pacific’s revenues tanked 10% to reach $5.4 billion, missing analyst estimates of $170 million. We anticipa...
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Union Pacific Earnings Preview: Earnings To Dip On Coal, Fuel Headwinds
Union Pacific (NYSE:NSC) is set to announce its second quarter 2015 results on July 23. The railroad operator is likely to report a decline in revenues and earnings as most commodity carloads have seen negative trends. According to Union Pacific...
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These Are The Greatest Dividend Stocks With Double-Digit Earnings Growth
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . These Are The Greatest Dividend Stocks With Double-Digit Earnings Growth Long-Term dividend growth investors need to look at the expected earnings growth of a company. The ide...
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Union Pacific Earnings: Fuel, Coal, Intermodal Temper Top Line
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) announced its first quarter results on April 23, reporting relatively stagnant revenues at $5.6 billion, missing market expectations of $5.7 billion. The railroad’s top line suffered due to coal, intermodal and fuel surch...
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Union Pacific Earnings Preview: Revenues Could Decline On Coal, Intermodal Shipments
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) will be reporting its first quarter earnings results on April 23. We expect to see a decline in its revenues driven by weakness across its coal and intermodal segments. The railroad is likely to see an improvement in oper...
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Why Is Union Pacific’s Stock Declining?
Union Pacific ’s (NYSE:UNP) stock is down around 10% year to date as a result of a string of downgrades by analysts and revised revenue guidance by its peers. Recently, Cowen and Company, Cleveland Research and Zacks downgraded the railroad to “m...
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West Coast Disruptions To Temper Union Pacific’s Intermodal Volumes
Union Pacific ’s (NYSE:UNP) intermodal volumes may decline in the first quarter because of the ongoing labor disputes at the west coast ports. The Pacific Maritime Association, which represents shipping companies, recently shut down operations at...
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Union Pacific Earnings: Volume Grows On Coal, Industrial Carloads
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) reported its fourth quarter and annual results on January 22. The railroad managed to beat market estimates for revenue and earnings per share for the quarter and year, resulting in its stock rising nearly 5% by the end o...
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Union Pacific’s Revenue To Grow On Agriculture, Intermodal, Industrial Shipments
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) will be reporting its fourth quarter and annual earnings on January 22. We expect to see its annual revenues grow on increases in carloads of grains and construction material, and intermodal shipments. The railroad’s prof...
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Can Crude Oil Price Declines End Railroads’ Bull Run?
Crude oil hit its five year low price on Monday, December 8, under pressure from growing production in the U.S. and the unwillingness of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut production. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), th...
