Union Pacific (UNP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Union Pacific has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 15.27% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 15.27%, down 43.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 15.27% (down 43.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.46%, down 16.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 15.27% for Q1 2026 at Union Pacific, down from 15.35% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.8% in Q3 2022 to a low of 14.62% in Q1 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 15.69% (2025), against an average of 15.7%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 324 bps in 2022 and plunged 191 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Union Pacific's Return on Capital Employed stood at 16.56% in 2022, then decreased by 11 bps to 14.71% in 2023, then increased by 6 bps to 15.57% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 15.35% in 2025, then retreated by 1 bps to 15.27% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 15.27% (Q1 2026), 15.35% (Q4 2025), and 15.73% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.