Union Pacific Corporation
- Industry
- Freight Railroads
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Jan 13, 1978
- Employees
- 29,287
- Website
- www.up.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $125–$150 / fair $170–$205 / optimistic $230–$245. At $299.3, Above the optimistic ceiling · future growth overdrawn.
At publication $265.88 (May 25, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. It offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, and ethanol and renewable biofuel producers; 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. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
History
Union Pacific Corporation was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, operating its railroad business through its subsidiary Union Pacific Railroad Company. The company's IPO date was January 13, 1978, and it has paid dividends for 127 consecutive years. On July 28, 2025, Union Pacific signed a merger agreement with Norfolk Southern; the original application was rejected by the STB as incomplete on January 16, 2026, and a revised application was filed on April 30, 2026.
Industry position
Union Pacific operates in the Industrials sector, Railroads industry, running a single integrated rail network of 32,889 route miles across roughly two-thirds of the western United States and serving about 10,000 customers with around 28,647 employees. In 2025 total operating revenue was USD 24.510B, with freight revenue of USD 23.220B split into Bulk USD 7.586B, Industrial USD 8.604B, and Premium USD 7.030B (roughly 33%/37%/30%). It transports grain, fertilizers, food, coal, chemicals, metals, petroleum, automobiles, and intermodal containers. The US freight rail network spans about 140,000 route miles (industry size near USD 80B) dominated by a few Class I railroads; BNSF, operating over 32,500 route miles, is its main western competitor, alongside CSX and NSC in the east and CNI/CPKC cross-border.