Is it a Great Time to Dispose Your Union Pacific (UNP) Shares?

Vltava Fund, an investment management firm, published its fourth-quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. In its Q4 2021 investor letter, Vltava Fund described 2021 as a year of very strong growth in profitability among the companies they own in their portfolio, as the profits of the companies they hold grew even faster than did the Fund’s NAV. Spare some time to check the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a clue about their top bets for 2022.

Vltava Fund, in its Q4 2021 investor letter, mentioned Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and discussed its stance on the firm. Union Pacific Corporation is an Omaha, Nebraska-based transport company with a $163.7 billion market capitalization. UNP delivered a 1.13% return since the beginning of the year, while its 12-month returns are up by 16.43%. The stock closed at $254.78 per share on January 07, 2022.

Here is what Vltava Fund has to say about Union Pacific Corporation  in its Q4 2021 investor letter:

“Regarding the list of titles held, the composition of the Vltava Fund portfolio did not change much throughout 2021. We sold two positions and we incorporated two new ones into our portfolio. Right at the beginning of the year, we sold the shares of Union Pacific railways. After their price had risen greatly, they no longerseemed sufficiently attractive to us.”

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Based on our calculations, Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) was not able to clinch a spot in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. UNP was in 63 hedge fund portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2021, compared to 69 funds in the previous quarter. Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) delivered a 17.69% return in the past 3 months.

In April 2021, we also shared Vltava Fund’s Q1 2021 views on UNP in another article. You can find more than 100 investor letters from hedge funds and prominent investors on our hedge fund investor letters 2021 Q3 page.

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