Union Pacific Corporation vs Verisign, Inc. — how do they compare? Union Pacific Corporation trades at $295.68 (market cap $175.89B), while Verisign, Inc. trades at $277.5 (market cap $25.26B). The key difference: Union Pacific Corporation is far larger — about 7× Verisign, Inc.'s market cap, and Union Pacific Corporation pays the higher dividend (1.86%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| UNP | VRSN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $175.89B | $25.26B |
Sector | Industrials | Technology |
52-Week High | $301.75 | $310.00 |
52-Week Low | $214.91 | $211.49 |
Enterprise Value | $206.36B | $26.50B |
Dividend Yield | 1.86% | 1.17% |
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Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific is the largest public railroad in North America. Operating on more than 30,000 miles of track in the western two thirds of the U.S., UP generated roughly $22 billion of revenue in 2021 by hauling coal, industrial products, intermodal containers, agriculture goods, chemicals, and automotive goods. UP owns about one fourth of Mexican railroad Ferromex and derives about 10% of its revenue hauling freight to and from Mexico.
Read more on UNP →Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical Internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route Internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.
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