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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-023420"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNP"
cik: "0000100885"
company_name: "UNION PACIFIC CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:07:36.124328+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Union Pacific Q2 EPS $2.74, up 7%; operating income up 9%

## Summary
- Q2 2024 diluted EPS $2.74, up 7% YoY vs $2.57; net income $1.7B vs $1.6B.
- Operating revenue $6.0B (+1%); operating income $2.4B (+9%); operating ratio 60.0% (improved 300bps).
- Operating ratio aided by 70bps from intermodal equipment sale; core pricing gains and efficiency drove growth.
- Locomotive productivity improved 6%, workforce productivity improved 5%.
- 2024 share repurchases affirmed at ~$1.5B; capital plan $3.4B; second half volume outlook uncertain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-023420
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNP
- cik: 0000100885
- company_name: UNION PACIFIC CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000143774924023420/0001437749-24-023420-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100885/000143774924023420/unp20240515_8k.htm

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