Union Pacific (UNP)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Union Pacific (UNP) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 22% agree 9 votes   Strongly unionized worked force poses threat Top Contributor: Andrew Lewis | Created when NYSE:UNP was $120.98 | Edit | History UNP is vulnerable to strikes or work slowdowns from the 86% of unionized employees in the company.[1] Since the company laid off thousands of employees in 2008 and has made clear that more may be on the way in 2009,[2] employee relations could get ugly. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 6 votes   UNP is losing market share to competitor BNI Top Contributor: Andrew Lewis | Created when NYSE:UNP was $41.50 | Edit | History On March 30, 2009, Goldman Sachs downgraded UNP from "buy" to "neutral" as it moved competitor Burlington Northern Santa Fe up from "neutral" to "buy;"[1] Goldman believes that BNI has overthrown UNP from the best railroad throne.[1] In Quarter 1 2009, UNP had the worst volume declines in the industry;[1] this goes to show that Burlington Northern has been capturing market share from UNP. Lost pieces of the market share pie is a double whammy in an economic environment where the entire pie may be shrinking. (100 character max) Cancel

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