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Union Pacific (UNP) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Union Pacific's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.4% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.4%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.4%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.4%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.4% at Union Pacific, down from 0.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.74% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.31% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.42% (2025), against an average of 0.5%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity skyrocketed 32bps in 2022 before it plummeted -33bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.54% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 38bps to 0.74% in 2022, then crashed by -45bps to 0.41% in 2023, then fell by -1bps to 0.4% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 0.4% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNP's Return on Equity are 0.4% (Q4 2025), 0.42% (Q3 2025), and 0.43% (Q2 2025).