Union Pacific: Ticket To Ride Economic Recovery

Summary

  • Union Pacific has been the backbone of the U.S. economy for several decades, and that will continue to be the case for the future.
  • Oligarchical structure of the railroad industry, and their fuel efficiency and safety provide a huge economic moat.
  • They have been rewarding shareholders nicely through increasing dividends and share buyback. This trend will continue into the foreseeable future.
  • I expect 10-15% upside.
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Investment Thesis

Union Pacific Railroad Company (NYSE:UNP) is one of the largest railroad companies in the U.S., and their routes connect 23 states in two-thirds of the Western U.S. Railroad companies are the backbone of the U.S. economy, and they transport more than

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