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Union Pacific (Union Pacific) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.24% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Union Pacific's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $182,863 Mil. Union Pacific's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,573 Mil. Union Pacific's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.24%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Union Pacific's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

UNP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.42   Med: 6.67   Max: 11.41
Current: 5.53

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Union Pacific was 11.41%. The lowest was 4.42%. And the median was 6.67%.

UNP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
59.62% of 1003 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 6.98 vs UNP: 5.53

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Union Pacific's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.07%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Union Pacific Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Union Pacific's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Union Pacific Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.81 4.89 5.03 6.44 5.24

Union Pacific Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.44 6.62 6.32 6.06 5.24

Competitive Comparison

For the Railroads subindustry, Union Pacific's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Union Pacific Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Union Pacific's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Union Pacific's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Union Pacific Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Union Pacifics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=9573/182863.49648
=5.24 %

Union Pacific's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9,573 Mil.



Union Pacific  (NYSE:UNP) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Union Pacific (Union Pacific) Business Description

Industry
Address
1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, USA, 68179
Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the U.S., UP generated $25 billion of revenue in 2022 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and derives roughly 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.
Executives
Jennifer L Hamann officer: EVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE 68130
Eric J Gehringer officer: EVP Operations 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE 68179
Kenyatta G Rocker officer: EVP Marketing & Sales 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE 68179
John Wiehoff director
Doyle Simons director 220 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98104
Rahul Jalali officer: EVP & CIO 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE 68179
Elizabeth F Whited officer: EVP & CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER 1400 DOUGLAS ST, OMAHA NE 68179
Teresa M. Finley director 927 STOVALL BOULEVARD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Sheri H. Edison director 1069 STATE ROUTE 46 EAST, BATESVILLE IN 47006
Todd M. Rynaski officer: VP CONTROLLER & CAO UPC 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, STOP 1780, OMAHA NE 68179
Craig V Richardson officer: EVP CLO & Corp Sec 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE 68179
Delaney William J Iii director 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Vincenzo J Vena officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 1400 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA NE 68179
Christopher J Williams director 650 FIFTH AVE, 10TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10019
Knight Robert M Jr officer: Senior Vice President Finance UNION PACIFIC CORP, 1416 DODGE ST, OMAHA NE 68179