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Union Pacific First Quarter Earnings Call
5th May 2008 00:00 AM |
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| The firm converted profitable revenue growth and reliable, efficient service into record earnings despite a soft economic environment. |
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| The transportation firm realised income of $443 million or $1.70 per share, a 21% increase from 2007 as a continued focus on price resulted in revenues of $4.29 billion, up 11% from $3.89 billion a year ago. Setting aside the impact of higher diesel fuel prices, Union Pacific expects pricing gains and productivity to continue in the second quarter and increase overall profitability. |
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Union Pacific Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
15th April 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Revenue grew 9% to $3.96 billion from $3.62 billion in the prior year due to car loadings up 1% driven primarily by all-time record energy loadings. |
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| The transportation company realised earnings of $485 million, or $1.78 per share, up 64% over the prior year’s $296 million or $1.10 per share following a 52% increase in operating income to $810 million as all facets of the operations improved. Union Pacific made progress in safety, service and overall network reliability. Going forward, the firm will use this performance as a foundation to accelerate additional improvements. |
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Union Pacific First Quarter Earnings Call
17th March 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Earnings rose 23% to $386 million or $1.41 per share, from $311 million or $1.15 per share on strong pricing and better operating efficiency. |
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| The transportation company reported a 4% increase in operating revenue to $3.8 million, despite a 2% car loading decrease due to continued economic weakness as reflected in the autos, industrial products, and domestic intermodal business. The firm paid a quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share, and bought back over 2 million shares of common stock or 10% of the program through open market purchases at an average purchase price of $98.68 per share. |
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Union Pacific Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
29th January 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Net income rose 4% to $491 million, or $1.86 a share, due to better operating productivity and benefits from a small insurance settlement. |
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| The transportation company reported a 6% growth in operating revenue to $4.2 billion as average revenue per car increased 6% year-over-year, with improvements in each of the six business groups following continued efforts to increase coal prices. The firm has been able to grow cash from operations to $3.3 billion and continues to take a balanced approach to the uses of cash with a combination of capital investments, dividend increases, and share repurchases. |
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