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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricUNPUNION PACIFIC CORPCSXCSX CORPNSCNORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPFIPFTAI Infrastructure Inc.Median of the restexcluding UNP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$298.09▲ 10.22 (3.55%)
$48.08▲ 0.20 (0.42%)
$338.23▲ 10.14 (3.09%)
$2.52▲ 0.11 (4.56%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/106.0/107.3/104.7/106.0/10
Market value$176.84B$89.43B$75.91B$293.1M
Revenue$24.51B$14.09B$12.18B$502.5M
Profit$7.14B$2.89B$2.87B-$152.1M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.1%-3.1%0.5%51.6%0.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.40.2%32.1%35.8%—33.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.29.1%20.5%23.6%-30.3%20.5%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.22.4%12.1%17.7%-79.3%12.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.38.7%22.0%18.5%-713.1%18.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.15.6%11.0%11.0%—11.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.24.77x30.95x26.42x—28.69x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.16.85x17.36x15.91x—16.63x
Price to book9.58x6.80x4.88x13.74x6.80x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.2.77x2.32x1.91x225.32x2.32x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/85/86/84/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreygreydistress

How UNP compares with the others

  • UNP's operating margin of 40.2% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (33.9%).
  • Its revenue growth of 1.1% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (0.5%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 24.8x against 28.7x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.8x against 2.3x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.