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Union Pacific

Union Pacific is a Class I freight railroad holding company in the United States operating through its principal subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad. The company controls a rail network spanning over 32,000 route miles across 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country. Its system connects major Pacific and Gulf Coast ports with Midwestern and eastern rail gateways, while serving all six major border gateways into Mexico. Union Pacific provides freight transportation services for diverse commodities including intermodal containers, agricultural goods, industrial chemicals, energy products, automotive vehicles, and forest products, connecting industrial supply chains with domestic and international global markets.

Snapshot

Public USOwnership
1969Year founded
~29,000Employees
Omaha, United StatesHead office
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Global footprint

Operations

Products and/or services of Union Pacific

  • Intermodal Freight Services: Long-haul containerized rail transportation connecting West Coast, Gulf Coast, and Inland ports with major metropolitan distribution hubs, serving domestic and international shipping lines through dedicated intermodal terminals across twenty-three states.
  • Agricultural Product Transportation: Rail freight solutions for bulk grain, grain products, ethanol, fresh and frozen food, beverages, and commercial fertilizers, linking Midwest farming regions to export terminals and processing centers throughout Western North America.
  • Chemicals and Plastics Logistics: Specialized rail transportation for industrial chemical compounds, plastics, liquid bulk commodities, and manufacturing feeds, connecting Gulf Coast petrochemical production complexes to industrial processing plants and distribution hubs across North America.
  • Industrial Freight and Forest Products: Transport services for metals, industrial minerals, lumber, paper, machinery, and oversized dimensional equipment, moving heavy construction materials and raw industrial commodities across thousands of facility locations and rail connections.
  • Energy and Renewables Rail Transport: Bulk transportation services for coal, biofuels, petroleum products, drilling sand, diesel exhaust fluid, and wind turbine components, serving utility power plants, refineries, and energy producing basins across the network.
  • Automotive Logistics: Transloading and freight transport for finished light vehicles and auto parts utilizing enclosed multi-level railcars, connecting major assembly manufacturing facilities with regional vehicle distribution centers and six Mexican border gateways.

Union Pacific executive team

  • Vincenzo James VenaCEO & Director
  • Jennifer L. HamannExecutive VP & CFO
  • Rahul JalaliExecutive VP & Chief Information Officer
  • Kenny G. RockerExecutive Vice President of Marketing & Sales
  • Elizabeth F. WhitedAdvisor
  • Eric J. GehringerExecutive Vice President of Operations
  • Carrie J. PowersVP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
  • Rebecca B. GregorySenior Vice President of Administration
  • Kate OttosonDirector of Investor Relations
  • Christina B. ConlinExecutive VP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary

Dividend history

Dividends per share paid by Union Pacific , by financial year.

Union Pacific dividends per share by financial year
Financial yearInterimFinalSpecialTotal
FY2026(to date)———$4.1800
FY2025———$5.4400
FY2024———$5.2800
FY2023———$5.2000
FY2022———$5.0800

Key financials

Reported results for Union Pacific , in USD.

Market cap
179.4B
Revenue (TTM)
26.4B
P/E ratio
23.6
EPS (diluted, TTM)
12.8
Dividend yield
1.9%
Profit margin
28.9%
Union Pacific annual revenue and income
Fiscal year endRevenueOperating incomeNet income
24.5B9.8B7.1B
24.3B9.7B6.7B
24.1B9.1B6.4B
24.9B9.9B7B