Union Pacific (UNP)

Industrials · Railroads · S&P 500
$276.61 -0.16% on the day Market cap $168.5B 52-week range $215.53 to $315.99 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
11% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $168.5B, Union Pacific's free cash flow of $5.5B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 11% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Union Pacific's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price10.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years3.5% a year
Revenue, same period2.3% a year
Price to free cash flow30.6x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from UNP's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability8
Growth5
Financial health1
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)23.3x
P/E (forward)22.0x
Price / free cash flow30.6x
EV / EBITDA14.6x
Price / sales6.63x
Price / book8.46x
Revenue growth+11.5%
Operating margin40.0%
Net margin28.9%
Return on equity35.5%
Dividend yield1.9%
Debt / equity2.44x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Union Pacific's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$21.8B$24.9B$24.1B$24.2B$24.5B
Net income$6.5B$7.0B$6.4B$6.7B$7.1B
Free cash flow$6.1B$5.7B$4.8B$5.9B$5.5B
EPS (diluted)$9.95$11.21$10.45$11.09$11.98
Operating margin42.8%39.9%37.7%40.1%40.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Total freight revenues$23.2B95%
Other revenues$1.3B5%

Superinvestors who own UNP

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 15 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Added $1.0B1.4%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $817M0.68%Q2 2026
Andreas Halvorsen
Viking Global Investors
New position $557M1.6%Q2 2026
Seth Klarman
Baupost Group
Trimmed $322M6.0%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Trimmed $211M0.12%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $183M1.5%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $116M0.04%Q2 2026
Dan Loeb
Third Point LLC
Added $95M2.0%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Trimmed $71M0.04%Q2 2026
Tom Gayner
Markel Group Inc.
Added $44M0.33%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $12M0.03%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Added $6M0.36%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Union Pacific's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of UNP in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Union Pacific's stock price imply?

At a market value of $168.5B, Union Pacific would need its free cash flow to grow about 11% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 4% a year.

Are Union Pacific insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of UNP in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Union Pacific?

15 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold UNP in their latest 13F, including Bill Nygren, Hersh Cohen, Andreas Halvorsen.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.