Union Pacific had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 69 to 74 Monday — a welcome improvement, but still below the 80 or better score you look for.
IBD's proprietary rating identifies share price performance with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The grade shows how a stock's price performance over the trailing 52 weeks holds up against all the other stocks in our database.
History shows that the stocks that go on to make the biggest gains tend to have an RS Rating north of 80 as they launch their largest price moves. See if Union Pacific can continue to show renewed price strength and hit that benchmark.
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Union Pacific is building a flat base with a 258.07 buy point. See if it can break out in volume at least 40% above average.
Union Pacific reported 7% EPS growth last quarter, while sales growth came in at -1%.
The company earns the No. 1 rank among its peers in the Transportation-Rail industry group. Cdn Pacific Kansas City and Norfolk Southern are also among the group's highest-rated stocks.
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