Trinity Industries Inc vs Union Pacific Corp

Trinity Industries Inc (TRN) is slightly overvalued and Union Pacific Corp (UNP) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. TRN is the closer of the two: -16%, against -31% for UNP.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Trinity Industries Inc (TRN)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $23.92; the price of $27.82 is 16% above that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Union Pacific Corp (UNP)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $209.54; the price of $274.41 is 31% above that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 51/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricTRNUNP
VerdictSlightly overvaluedOvervalued
Price$27.82$274.41
Intrinsic value$23.92$209.54
Margin of safety-16%-31%
Leak Score14/100 (3/12)51/100 (10/12)
Market cap$2.2B$163.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years4.3%4.6%
Operating margin15.2%39.9%
Net margin16.6%28.9%
Return on equity32.4%39.7%
Debt to equity4.571.51
P/E6.7x22.2x
Forward P/E12.5x19.4x
P/B1.9x7.9x
Dividend yield4.5%2.0%

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