UNP - Union Pacific Corporation
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, and other agricultural users; petroleum, and liquid petroleum gases; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. As of December 31, 2021, its rail network included 32,452 route miles connecting Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern United States gateways.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $270.29, ATM IV 25.1%, max pain $260.00, net GEX $82.4M.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads
- Market Cap
- $157.13B
- P/E Ratio
- 21.76
- Beta
- 0.99
- 52-Week Range
- 210.84-274.79
- Dividend Yield
- $5.48
- CEO
- Vincenzo James Vena
- Employees
- 30,146
- IPO Date
- Jan 2, 1980
- Exchange
- NYSE
What UNP Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 45.3% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($82.4M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.010) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The UNP overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked UNP overview questions
- What is UNP?
- UNP is the ticker symbol for Union Pacific Corporation, a listed security. Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, and other agricultural users; petroleum, and liquid petroleum gases; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. Listed on NYSE. UNP is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the UNP options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the UNP options snapshot shows spot at $270.29, ATM IV 25.1%, IV rank 45.3%, max pain $260.00, net GEX $82.4M, expected move 7.19%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are UNP's key statistics?
- Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) carries a market capitalization of $157.13B, trailing P/E ratio of 21.76, beta of 0.99 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 210.84-274.79. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does UNP belong to?
- Union Pacific Corporation operates in the Industrials sector, in the Railroads industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare UNP's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the UNP data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).