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

Union Pacific's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.4% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.4%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.4%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.4%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.4% at Union Pacific, down from 0.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.54% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.33% in Q1 2021.
  • The 4-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.41% (2025), against an average of 0.42%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital increased 1bps in 2021 before it dropped -11bps in 2024.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.39% in 2021, then increased by 10bps to 0.43% in 2023, then dropped by -6bps to 0.41% in 2024, then dropped by -3bps to 0.4% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UNP's Return on Invested Capital are 0.4% (Q4 2025), 0.41% (Q3 2025), and 0.41% (Q2 2025).