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Union Pacific (UNP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Union Pacific (UNP) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.15%.

  • Union Pacific's Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.15%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.15% for FY2025, which is 0.0% changed from last year.
  • Per Union Pacific's latest filing, its Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.15% for Q4 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.16% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Union Pacific's 5-year Return on Capital Employed high stood at 0.17% for Q3 2022, and its period low was 0.13% during Q1 2021.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Capital Employed is 0.16%, with a median of 0.16% in 2025.
  • Within the past 5 years, the most significant YoY rise in Union Pacific's Return on Capital Employed was 300bps (2021), while the steepest drop was -200bps (2021).
  • Union Pacific's Return on Capital Employed (Quarter) stood at 0.16% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 0.17% in 2022, then fell by -11bps to 0.15% in 2023, then rose by 6bps to 0.16% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed stands at 0.15% for Q4 2025, versus 0.16% for Q3 2025 and 0.16% for Q2 2025.