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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Union Pacific (UNP) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.22%.

  • Union Pacific's Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.22% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.22%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.16% for FY2025, which is 800.0% down from last year.
  • Union Pacific's Return on Invested Capital amounted to 0.22% in Q4 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.41% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Union Pacific's Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.56% during Q4 2022, and its lowest value of 0.22% during Q4 2025.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.42%, with a median of 0.44% in 2021.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Union Pacific's Return on Invested Capital soared by 1700bps in 2022, and later plummeted by -2200bps in 2024.
  • Union Pacific's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.45% in 2021, then grew by 25bps to 0.56% in 2022, then fell by -21bps to 0.44% in 2023, then plummeted by -49bps to 0.22% in 2024, then dropped by -1bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.22% in Q4 2025, 0.41% for Q3 2025, and 0.41% during Q2 2025.