Featured Stock to See: Union Pacific Corporation (UNP)

The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Now it is offering a dividend yield of 2.24% and a 5 year dividend growth rate of 17.92%. It also upped Qep Res Inc Com (NYSE:QEP) stake by 105,444 shares and now owns 1.05M shares. It is down 19.88% since May 23, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 14.75% the S&P500. Loop Capital reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $96.00 target price on shares of Union Pacific in a research note on Wednesday, February 22nd.

According to analysts Union Pacific Corp (NYSE:UNP)'s minimum EPS for the current quarter is at $1.28 and can go high up to $1.47. The rating was downgraded by Cowen & Co to "Market Perform" on Thursday, October 20.

Media coverage about Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) has been trending positive recently, according to Alpha One. Janus Capital Management LLC now owns 2,018,976 shares of the railroad operator's stock valued at $213,850,000 after buying an additional 1,111,410 shares during the last quarter. The company was maintained on Friday, January 22 by Stifel Nicolaus.

Among 7 analysts covering Sallie Mae (NASDAQ:SLM), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 0 buys, and 10 insider sales for $3.43 million activity. The stock of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) earned "Equal-Weight" rating by Barclays Capital on Monday, October 5.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 27th. BUTLER ERIC L sold 23,198 shares worth $2.43 million. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.605 per share. Its up 0.02, from 0.87 in 2016Q3. Finally, Viking Global Investors LP bought a new position in shares of Union Pacific during the fourth quarter valued at $217,656,000. State Street Corp raised its stake in Union Pacific by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada restated a "hold" rating and issued a $115.00 price target on shares of Union Pacific in a report on Friday, March 24th. Pittenger Anderson Inc reported 61,481 shares or 0.68% of all its holdings. Strategic Svcs holds 0.75% or 37,751 shares in its portfolio. 418.95 million shares or 0.48% less from 420.96 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. The Kentucky-based Regent Invest Management Lc has invested 0.2% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Iab Bancorp holds 3,150 shares or 0.18% of its portfolio. Waratah Cap Advisors owns 0.08% invested in SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) for 47,778 shares. Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co sold 3,817 shares as Union Pac Corp Com (UNP)'s stock declined 2.52%. Capital Interest Sarl owns 56,025 shares. Richard Bernstein Advisors Ltd Limited Liability Company reported 49,741 shares or 0.43% of all its holdings. New York-based First Manhattan has invested 0.02% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). The stock of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, October 2 by Citigroup. Concannon Wealth Management Ltd Company has invested 0.07% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Dynamic Solutions Limited Company accumulated 0.58% or 13,917 shares.

Forbes J M And Llp reported 1.78% of its portfolio in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Typically, they estimate what the company's earnings and cash flow will be for the next couple of years, and then apply a ratio - such as a price-to-earnings ratio - to those estimates to determine what the future stock price should theoretically be. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.24 billion, a PE ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.71. Voloridge Invest Management Ltd holds 0.85% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) or 379,613 shares. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its stake in Union Pacific by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc Ct holds 1.46% or 332,434 shares in its portfolio. Ishares (EWL) was reduced too.

Analysts await Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE:CPE) to report earnings on August, 14. Joel Isaacson And Communications Lc has 2,000 shares for 0% of their portfolio. State Street Corp now owns 34,558,403 shares of the railroad operator's stock valued at $3,583,032,000 after buying an additional 1,407,325 shares in the last quarter.

Ratings analysis reveals 88% of Callon Petroleum's analysts are positive. The lowest target is $40.0 while the high is $54.0. The stock has been downbeat for quite some time as is down -4.06% for the last 20 trading days, and now the firm's performance is turning out to be bullish with a 1.00% gain for the week. CSOD was included in 7 notes of analysts from September 2, 2016. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 60,359,599 shares of the railroad operator's stock valued at $6,393,289,000 after buying an additional 8,107,238 shares during the last quarter. Cowen & Co maintained it with "Market Perform" rating and $109 target in Friday, January 20 report. Deutsche Bank initiated the shares of CPE in report on Monday, November 28 with "Buy" rating. As per Friday, February 19, the company rating was maintained by Credit Suisse. The firm has "Sector Outperform" rating given on Tuesday, March 15 by Scotia Capital. As per Friday, June 3, the company rating was upgraded by Morgan Stanley. The rating was maintained by FBR Capital on Friday, September 9 with "Outperform". Penn Mgmt holds 0.27% or 667,100 shares. Praesidium Investment Management Company Llc owns 2.86 million shares or 9.81% of their USA portfolio. Nippon Life invested in 31,326 shares or 0.06% of the stock. The California-based Indaba Capital Management L.P. has invested 6.01% in the stock.