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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...
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Railroads Weekly Review: Norfolk Southern, CSX and Union Pacific
It was a great week for the U.S. railroad industry, with the stocks of three major railroads, Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC), CSX (NYSE:CSX), and Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP), hitting new 52-week highs. There has been a lot of positive momentum in the r...
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Union Pacific Shines On Industrial And Agricultural Shipments
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) reported its third quarter 2014 results, posting strong growth in revenues and volumes. Its revenue grew 11% year-on-year, to reach $5.8 billion, driven by double digit volume growth at its Industrial and Agricultural seg...
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Union Pacific Earnings Preview: Agricultural And Industrial Shipments Will Likely Offset Sluggish Chemicals Shipments
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroads in the U.S., is set to announce its second quarter results on October 23. We expect to see an increase in revenue and volume driven by growth across Union Pacific’s Agricultural, ...
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Railroads Week In Review: Norfolk Southern, CSX And Union Pacific
Apart from the release of their weekly carload reports and the announcement of the dates for third quarter earnings, there were no major events in the railroad industry. Norfolk Southern’s carloading report Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) release...
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Railroads Week In Review: Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern And CSX
Except for a few conference announcements, it was largely an uneventful week for the railroad industry. Stock prices continued to rise through the week for all three railroads – Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP), Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) and CSX (NYSE:...
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Union Pacific May Benefit From Mexico Energy Reform
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) generates around 10% of its revenue from shipments to and from Mexico. We believe that with the new energy sector reform in Mexico, this number could go up driven by an increase in Union Pacific’s Mexico shipments of indu...
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Agricultural And Intermodal Shipments Drive Union Pacific’s Earnings
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) reported its second quarter 2014 results posting strong growth in revenue and volume. Its revenue grew 10% year-on-year, to reach $5.7 billion, driven by double digit volume growth at its Agricultural and Intermodal segme...
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Strong Volume Growth Will Drive Union Pacific’s Earnings, However Coal May Cause a Drag
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), one of the leading railroads in the U.S., is set to announce its second quarter results on July 24. We expect to see an increase in revenue and volume driven by growth across Union Pacific’s agricultural, aut...
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Union Pacific Increases Focus on Intermodal To Capitalize On Growing Demand
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) recently announced that it has increased the frequency of two of its intermodal services running to and from Chicago in order to meet the demand for truck-competitive services. One of the services, the Portla...
