Union Pacific Corporation (UNP): return on equity, 10 filed years
ROE at Union Pacific Corporation was 38.6% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 21.2% (FY2016) to 57.5% (FY2022), with a median of 39.3%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 38.6%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROE | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 21.2% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-03 |
| FY2017 | 43.1% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-09 |
| FY2018 | 29.2% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-08 |
| FY2019 | 32.6% | 10-K, filed 2020-02-07 |
| FY2020 | 31.5% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-05 |
| FY2021 | 46.1% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-04 |
| FY2022 | 57.5% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-10 |
| FY2023 | 43.1% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-09 |
| FY2024 | 40.0% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-07 |
| FY2025 | 38.6% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-06 |
How each year is computed
Net income / shareholders equity x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.