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

Union Pacific's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.15% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.15%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.15%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.15%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.15% at Union Pacific, down from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.17% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.13% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.16% (2025), against an average of 0.16%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Capital Employed was 3bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -2bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then increased by 1bps to 0.17% in 2022, then dropped by -11bps to 0.15% in 2023, then grew by 6bps to 0.16% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.15% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).