TTM
29.2%
YoY change
+1.30pp
Trough year (1986)
-7.0%
Peak year (2017)
50.4%
Latest annual
29.1%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Union Pacific (UNP) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 29.1%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Union Pacific (UNP) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +1.30pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Union Pacific (UNP) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 29.1% | +1.30pp | ||
| 2024 | 27.8% | +1.37pp | ||
| 2023 | 26.4% | -1.68pp | ||
| 2022 | 28.1% | -1.78pp | ||
| 2021 | 29.9% | +2.53pp | ||
| 2020 | 27.4% | +0.12pp | ||
| 2019 | 27.3% | +1.14pp | ||
| 2018 | 26.1% | -24.30pp | ||
| 2017 | 50.4% | +29.21pp | ||
| 2016 | 21.2% | -0.65pp | ||
| 2015 | 21.9% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2014 | 21.6% | +1.62pp | ||
| 2013 | 20.0% | +1.14pp | ||
| 2012 | 18.8% | +2.01pp | ||
| 2011 | 16.8% | +0.45pp | ||
| 2010 | 16.4% | +3.02pp | ||
| 2009 | 13.4% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2008 | 13.0% | +1.60pp | ||
| 2007 | 11.4% | +1.08pp | ||
| 2006 | 10.3% | +2.75pp | ||
| 2005 | 7.6% | +2.61pp | ||
| 2004 | 4.9% | -8.78pp | ||
| 2003 | 13.7% | +2.99pp | ||
| 2002 | 10.7% | +2.67pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.1% | +0.98pp | ||
| 2000 | 7.1% | -0.10pp | ||
| 1999 | 7.2% | +13.18pp | ||
| 1998 | -6.0% | -9.90pp | ||
| 1997 | 3.9% | -6.39pp | ||
| 1996 | 10.3% | -2.35pp | ||
| 1995 | 12.6% | +5.64pp | ||
| 1994 | 7.0% | -0.01pp | ||
| 1993 | 7.0% | -2.97pp | ||
| 1992 | 10.0% | +9.07pp | ||
| 1991 | 0.9% | -7.96pp | ||
| 1990 | 8.9% | -0.29pp | ||
| 1989 | 9.2% | -1.45pp | ||
| 1988 | 10.6% | +0.80pp | ||
| 1987 | 9.8% | +16.81pp | ||
| 1986 | -7.0% | -13.42pp | ||
| 1985 | 6.4% | — |
- 202529.1%+1.30pp
- 202427.8%+1.37pp
- 202326.4%-1.68pp
- 202228.1%-1.78pp
- 202129.9%+2.53pp
- 202027.4%+0.12pp
- 201927.3%+1.14pp
- 201826.1%-24.30pp
- 201750.4%+29.21pp
- 201621.2%-0.65pp
- 201521.9%+0.28pp
- 201421.6%+1.62pp
- 201320.0%+1.14pp
- 201218.8%+2.01pp
- 201116.8%+0.45pp
- 201016.4%+3.02pp
- 200913.4%+0.37pp
- 200813.0%+1.60pp
- 200711.4%+1.08pp
- 200610.3%+2.75pp
- 20057.6%+2.61pp
- 20044.9%-8.78pp
- 200313.7%+2.99pp
- 200210.7%+2.67pp
- 20018.1%+0.98pp
- 20007.1%-0.10pp
- 19997.2%+13.18pp
- 1998-6.0%-9.90pp
- 19973.9%-6.39pp
- 199610.3%-2.35pp
- 199512.6%+5.64pp
- 19947.0%-0.01pp
- 19937.0%-2.97pp
- 199210.0%+9.07pp
- 19910.9%-7.96pp
- 19908.9%-0.29pp
- 19899.2%-1.45pp
- 198810.6%+0.80pp
- 19879.8%+16.81pp
- 1986-7.0%-13.42pp
- 19856.4%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Union Pacific's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Union Pacific (UNP)
According to Union Pacific's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 29.2%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Union Pacific (UNP) net margin totalled 29.12% – expanded 1.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual net margin stands at 50.43%, reached in 2017; the historical low of -7.00% was recorded in 1986.
Union Pacific Net Profit Margin by Year
Union Pacific Net Profit Margin 2025: 29.1%
2025's net margin for Union Pacific came in at 29.12%, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2024.
Union Pacific Net Profit Margin 2024: 27.8%
Union Pacific posted net margin of 27.82% in 2024, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2023.
Union Pacific Net Profit Margin 2023: 26.4%
In 2023, Union Pacific reported net margin of 26.45%, contracted 1.7 percentage points from 2022.
Union Pacific Net Profit Margin 2022: 28.1%
Union Pacific net margin in 2022 was 28.13%, contracted 1.8 percentage points from 2021.
Union Pacific Net Profit Margin 2021: 29.9%
Union Pacific net margin in 2021 was 29.92%.
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