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Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) Payout ratio

Annual Payout Ratio:

47.62%-2.12%(-4.26%)
December 31, 2024

Summary

  • As of today (August 6, 2025), UNP annual payout ratio is 47.62%, with the most recent change of -2.12% (-4.26%) on December 31, 2024.
  • During the last 3 years, UNP annual payout ratio has risen by +4.69% (+10.92%).
  • UNP annual payout ratio is now -88.14% below its all-time high of 401.56%, reached on December 31, 1991.

Performance

1-year change

-4.26%

3-year change

+10.92%

5-year change

+8.5%

15-year change

+157.41%

UNP Payout ratio Chart

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Highlights

Sector rank

78.69%
UNP annual payout ratio is higher than 78.69% of companies in Industrials sector

Range

All-time high

401.56%
UNP annual payout ratio is currently -88.14% below its historical high of 401.56%

3-year low

42.93%
UNP annual payout ratio is currently +10.92% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last annual earnings report date

Dec 31, 2024
UNP previous annual earnings announcement was published on Dec 31, 2024

Next annual earnings report date

N/A
UNP next annual earnings announcement has not yet been scheduled

OtherUNPdividend metrics

Annual dividend per share

$5.28
UNP annual dividend per share is $5.28

annual dividend yield

2.34%
UNP annual dividend yield is 2.34%

Annual dividends paid

$3.21B
UNP annual dividends paid is $3.21 billion

annual net income

$6.75B
UNP annual net profit is $6.75 billion

TTM Payout Ratio:

46.57%0.00%(0.00%)
30 min ago

Summary

  • As of today (August 6, 2025), UNP TTM payout ratio is 46.57%, unchanged on August 6, 2025.
  • Over the past year, UNP TTM payout ratio has dropped by -2.26% (-4.63%).
  • UNP TTM payout ratio is now -90.01% below its all-time high of 466.00%.

Performance

3-month change

-2.84%

1-year change

-4.63%

3-year change

+5.65%

5-year change

-3.26%

UNP TTM Payout Ratio Chart

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Highlights

Sector rank

89.3%
UNP TTM payout ratio is higher than 89.3% of companies in Industrials sector

Range

All-time high

466.00%
UNP TTM payout ratio is currently -90.01% below its historical high of 466.00%

3-year low

44.08%
UNP TTM payout ratio is currently +5.65% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last quarterly earnings report date

N/A
UNP has not yet announced its earnings

Next quarterly earnings report date

N/A
UNP next earnings announcement has not yet been scheduled

OtherUNPdividend metrics

TTM Dividend per share

$5.36
UNP TTM dividend per share is $5.36

TTM Dividend yield

2.38%
UNP TTM dividend yield is 2.38%

TTM dividends paid

$3.22B
UNP TTM dividends paid is $3.22 billion

TTM net income

$6.93B
UNP TTM net profit is $6.93 billion

Quarterly Payout Ratio:

42.38%-7.07%(-14.30%)
June 30, 2025

Summary

  • As of today (August 6, 2025), UNP quarterly payout ratio is 42.38%, with the most recent change of -7.07% (-14.30%) on June 30, 2025.
  • Over the past year, UNP quarterly payout ratio has dropped by -5.02% (-10.59%).
  • UNP quarterly payout ratio is now -71.18% below its all-time high of 147.06%, reached on September 30, 1998.

Performance

3-month change

-14.3%

1-year change

-10.59%

3-year change

-4.36%

5-year change

-27.21%

UNP Quarterly Payout Ratio Chart

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Highlights

Sector rank

79.87%
UNP quarterly payout ratio is higher than 79.87% of companies in Industrials sector

Range

All-time high

147.06%
UNP quarterly payout ratio is currently -71.18% below its historical high of 147.06%

3-year low

42.38%
UNP quarterly payout ratio is currently at its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last quarterly earnings report date

Jun 30, 2025
UNP previous earnings announcement was published on Jun 30, 2025

Next quarterly earnings report date

Oct 23, 2025
UNP next earnings announcement is scheduled for Oct 23, 2025

OtherUNPdividend metrics

Dividend per share

$1.34
UNP last dividend was $1.34 per share, with an ex-dividend date of May 30, 2025

TTM Dividend yield

2.38%
UNP TTM dividend yield is 2.38%

quarterly dividends paid

$795.00M
UNP quarterly dividends paid is $795.00 million

quarterly net income

$1.88B
UNP quarterly net profit is $1.88 billion

Payout ratio Formula

Payout Ratio =  Dividends Paid
Net Income x 100%

Annual Payout Ratio

47.62%
UNP annual payout ratio is 47.62%

Annual dividends paid

$3.21B
UNP annual dividends paid is $3.21 billion

annual net income

$6.75B
UNP annual net profit is $6.75 billion

UNP Payout ratio Trends

PeriodPeriodAnnualAnnualTTMTTMQuarterlyQuarterly
1 y1 year-4.3%-4.6%-10.6%
3 y3 years+10.9%+5.7%-4.4%
5 y5 years+8.5%-3.3%-27.2%

UNP Payout ratio Highs & Lows

PeriodPeriodAnnual vs highAnnual vs highAnnual vs lowAnnual vs lowTTM vs highTTM vs highTTM vs lowTTM vs lowQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs lowQuarter. vs low
3 y3-year-4.3%+10.9%-6.7%+5.7%-18.2%at low
5 y5-year-4.3%+10.9%-9.6%+39.9%-27.2%+8.9%
alltimeall time-88.1%+218.2%-90.0%+182.4%-71.2%+106.2%

UNP Payout ratio History

DateAnnualTTMQuarterly
Aug 2025
-
46.57%(0.0%)
-
Jun 2025
-
46.57%(-2.8%)
42.38%(-14.3%)
Mar 2025
-
47.93%(+0.7%)
49.45%(+7.6%)
Dec 2024
47.62%(-4.3%)
47.61%(-1.1%)
45.97%(-5.7%)
Sep 2024
-
48.12%(-1.5%)
48.77%(+2.9%)
Jun 2024
-
48.83%(-1.6%)
47.40%(-2.2%)
Mar 2024
-
49.62%(-0.2%)
48.45%(+0.9%)
Dec 2023
49.74%(+10.2%)
49.71%(-0.4%)
48.00%(-7.4%)
Sep 2023
-
49.90%(+5.2%)
51.83%(+2.6%)
Jun 2023
-
47.45%(+3.3%)
50.54%(+3.6%)
Mar 2023
-
45.94%(+1.5%)
48.77%(+0.2%)
Dec 2022
45.14%(+5.1%)
45.28%(+2.3%)
48.66%(+14.4%)
Sep 2022
-
44.25%(+0.4%)
42.53%(-4.0%)
Jun 2022
-
44.08%(+3.0%)
44.31%(-2.8%)
Mar 2022
-
42.78%(-0.8%)
45.58%(+3.3%)
Dec 2021
42.93%(-12.5%)
43.12%(-1.3%)
44.13%(+6.2%)
Sep 2021
-
43.68%(-3.6%)
41.54%(+6.7%)
Jun 2021
-
45.33%(-9.7%)
38.93%(-19.7%)
Mar 2021
-
50.19%(+1.9%)
48.47%(+2.6%)
Dec 2020
49.09%(+11.8%)
49.24%(-0.4%)
47.25%(-1.7%)
Sep 2020
-
49.43%(+2.7%)
48.06%(-17.5%)
Jun 2020
-
48.14%(+9.4%)
58.22%(+30.0%)
Mar 2020
-
44.02%(-0.2%)
44.78%(-6.6%)
Dec 2019
43.89%(+13.9%)
44.10%(+6.1%)
47.97%(+10.2%)
Sep 2019
-
41.58%(+4.2%)
43.54%(+9.9%)
Jun 2019
-
39.90%(+1.7%)
39.62%(-12.0%)
Mar 2019
-
39.24%(+1.7%)
45.00%(+19.9%)
Dec 2018
38.54%(+108.3%)
38.59%(+98.7%)
37.52%(+1.1%)
Sep 2018
-
19.42%(+2.5%)
37.10%(+0.5%)
Jun 2018
-
18.95%(+1.0%)
36.91%(-14.9%)
Mar 2018
-
18.77%(+2.3%)
43.36%(+504.7%)
Dec 2017
18.50%(-58.3%)
18.34%(-57.1%)
7.17%(-82.2%)
Sep 2017
-
42.76%(-0.2%)
40.20%(-3.8%)
Jun 2017
-
42.84%(-2.8%)
41.78%(-9.0%)
Mar 2017
-
44.08%(-0.7%)
45.90%(+5.7%)
Dec 2016
44.39%(-9.6%)
44.39%(+0.9%)
43.44%(+7.5%)
Sep 2016
-
44.00%(+2.8%)
40.41%(-14.0%)
Jun 2016
-
42.80%(+4.1%)
46.99%(-1.1%)
Mar 2016
-
41.12%(+2.6%)
47.50%(+13.6%)
Dec 2015
49.12%(+55.9%)
40.07%(+7.9%)
41.81%(+14.2%)
Sep 2015
-
37.13%(+2.9%)
36.62%(-7.9%)
Jun 2015
-
36.08%(+5.6%)
39.78%(-50.3%)
Mar 2015
-
34.16%(+3.0%)
80.10%(+157.0%)
Dec 2014
31.51%(+3.7%)
33.16%(-0.3%)
31.17%(+4.1%)
Sep 2014
-
33.27%(+0.5%)
29.93%(-6.4%)
Jun 2014
-
33.11%(+1.7%)
31.99%(-4.1%)
Mar 2014
-
32.55%(+3.6%)
33.36%(+7.3%)
Dec 2013
30.38%(+4.5%)
31.42%(-0.5%)
31.09%(+11.1%)
Sep 2013
-
31.57%(+3.7%)
27.98%(-4.2%)
Jun 2013
-
30.44%(+0.4%)
29.20%(-13.5%)
Mar 2013
-
30.32%(+0.7%)
33.75%(+22.2%)
Dec 2012
29.06%(+14.3%)
30.11%(+1.1%)
27.61%(+1.0%)
Sep 2012
-
29.78%(+1.1%)
27.35%(-4.2%)
Jun 2012
-
29.47%(-1.2%)
28.54%(-14.8%)
Mar 2012
-
29.82%(+3.7%)
33.49%(+40.4%)
Dec 2011
25.43%(+17.5%)
28.76%(+5.6%)
23.86%(-7.4%)
Sep 2011
-
27.23%(+4.2%)
25.77%(+7.6%)
Jun 2011
-
26.13%(+6.7%)
23.95%(-17.7%)
Mar 2011
-
24.48%(+3.2%)
29.11%(+37.6%)
Dec 2010
21.65%(-24.8%)
23.73%(-0.1%)
21.16%(-0.8%)
Sep 2010
-
23.76%(-6.2%)
21.34%(+10.7%)
Jun 2010
-
25.33%(-5.7%)
19.27%(-26.3%)
Mar 2010
-
26.87%(-7.2%)
26.16%(+5.6%)
Dec 2009
28.78%(+39.7%)
28.95%(+5.6%)
24.77%(-6.4%)
Sep 2009
-
27.41%(+9.4%)
26.46%(-9.5%)
Jun 2009
-
25.06%(+7.3%)
29.25%(-22.1%)
Mar 2009
-
23.36%(+8.2%)
37.57%(+80.5%)
Dec 2008
20.60%(+5.0%)
21.59%(-3.0%)
20.82%(+28.4%)
Sep 2008
-
22.25%(+1.3%)
16.22%(-25.1%)
Jun 2008
-
21.97%(+0.1%)
21.66%(-16.6%)
Mar 2008
-
21.94%(+1.8%)
25.96%(+38.5%)
Dec 2007
19.62%
21.56%(+8.9%)
18.74%(+6.1%)
DateAnnualTTMQuarterly
Sep 2007
-
19.79%(-3.2%)
17.67%(-17.0%)
Jun 2007
-
20.44%(+0.7%)
21.30%(-0.9%)
Mar 2007
-
20.29%(-0.2%)
21.50%(+28.7%)
Dec 2006
20.05%(-34.5%)
20.34%(-11.3%)
16.70%(-13.4%)
Sep 2006
-
22.94%(-3.1%)
19.29%(-5.9%)
Jun 2006
-
23.67%(-11.0%)
20.51%(-20.3%)
Mar 2006
-
26.61%(-14.8%)
25.72%(-3.6%)
Dec 2005
30.60%(-40.4%)
31.25%(-20.8%)
26.69%(+24.7%)
Sep 2005
-
39.47%(-20.1%)
21.41%(-36.1%)
Jun 2005
-
49.38%(-11.5%)
33.48%(-45.1%)
Mar 2005
-
55.81%(+7.0%)
60.94%(-38.3%)
Dec 2004
51.32%(+247.7%)
52.17%(+78.2%)
98.73%(+159.0%)
Sep 2004
-
29.27%(+17.6%)
38.12%(-22.8%)
Jun 2004
-
24.89%(+18.4%)
49.37%(+5.8%)
Mar 2004
-
21.03%(+29.2%)
46.67%(+335.8%)
Dec 2003
14.76%(-1.5%)
16.28%(-4.6%)
10.71%(-41.5%)
Sep 2003
-
17.07%(+11.4%)
18.30%(-10.7%)
Jun 2003
-
15.32%(+4.4%)
20.49%(+51.6%)
Mar 2003
-
14.68%(-10.7%)
13.52%(+2.2%)
Dec 2002
14.99%(-26.9%)
16.44%(-3.4%)
13.23%(+13.4%)
Sep 2002
-
17.02%(-12.5%)
11.67%(-29.1%)
Jun 2002
-
19.46%(-4.9%)
16.45%(-27.0%)
Mar 2002
-
20.46%(-3.6%)
22.52%(+23.9%)
Dec 2001
20.50%(-13.2%)
21.22%(-11.4%)
18.18%(-0.9%)
Sep 2001
-
23.95%(-1.2%)
18.35%(-10.8%)
Jun 2001
-
24.24%(+0.3%)
20.58%(-24.0%)
Mar 2001
-
24.17%(+0.6%)
27.07%(-13.3%)
Dec 2000
23.63%(-3.3%)
24.02%(+9.6%)
31.21%(+63.1%)
Sep 2000
-
21.92%(-1.1%)
19.14%(-4.7%)
Jun 2000
-
22.16%(-5.3%)
20.08%(-28.6%)
Mar 2000
-
23.39%(-6.4%)
28.11%(+36.1%)
Dec 1999
24.44%(-160.7%)
25.00%(-53.7%)
20.66%(+1.2%)
Sep 1999
-
54.05%(-55.4%)
20.41%(-19.2%)
Jun 1999
-
121.21%(-468.2%)
25.26%(-33.5%)
Mar 1999
-
-32.92%(+31.7%)
37.98%(-243.5%)
Dec 1998
-40.28%(-141.2%)
-25.00%(-26.0%)
-26.46%(-118.0%)
Sep 1998
-
-33.77%(-40.2%)
147.06%(-1348.4%)
Jun 1998
-
-56.50%(-136.4%)
-11.78%(-93.1%)
Mar 1998
-
155.21%(+56.1%)
-170.97%(+147.5%)
Dec 1997
97.69%(+150.2%)
99.42%(+88.4%)
-69.08%(-256.4%)
Sep 1997
-
52.76%(+10.1%)
44.17%(-10.0%)
Jun 1997
-
47.91%(+8.6%)
49.07%(-40.2%)
Mar 1997
-
44.10%(+6.1%)
82.03%(+113.5%)
Dec 1996
39.05%(+4.6%)
41.55%(+12.6%)
38.43%(+20.1%)
Sep 1996
-
36.91%(-3.0%)
32.00%(-11.3%)
Jun 1996
-
38.05%(-2.0%)
36.07%(-36.8%)
Mar 1996
-
38.83%(+3.9%)
57.05%(+88.5%)
Dec 1995
37.32%(-39.0%)
37.39%(-3.9%)
30.27%(-18.5%)
Sep 1995
-
38.91%(-49.6%)
37.13%(-5.5%)
Jun 1995
-
77.13%(+0.9%)
39.29%(-14.7%)
Mar 1995
-
76.47%(+22.5%)
46.07%(+34.0%)
Dec 1994
61.17%(+4.9%)
62.41%(-2.4%)
34.38%(-189.3%)
Sep 1994
-
63.92%(+64.6%)
-38.50%(-203.3%)
Jun 1994
-
38.83%(-0.8%)
37.27%(+28.6%)
Mar 1994
-
39.15%(-34.7%)
28.98%(-16.9%)
Dec 1993
58.30%(+50.5%)
59.92%(-5.9%)
34.89%(-50.4%)
Sep 1993
-
63.71%(+18.4%)
70.37%(+83.4%)
Jun 1993
-
53.82%(+3.9%)
38.38%(-105.6%)
Mar 1993
-
51.79%(+30.2%)
-681.82%(-1845.6%)
Dec 1992
38.74%(-90.4%)
39.78%(+1.0%)
39.06%(+4.7%)
Sep 1992
-
39.38%(-82.3%)
37.30%(+11.3%)
Jun 1992
-
222.95%(-39.8%)
33.50%(-29.6%)
Mar 1992
-
370.11%(-12.1%)
47.59%(+26.9%)
Dec 1991
401.56%(+969.7%)
420.90%(-7.7%)
37.50%(-341.6%)
Sep 1991
-
456.14%(+1052.2%)
-15.52%(-138.3%)
Jun 1991
-
39.59%(+2.2%)
40.52%(-14.5%)
Mar 1991
-
38.74%(+1.2%)
47.37%(+43.8%)
Dec 1990
37.54%(-5.0%)
38.27%(+0.3%)
32.95%(-8.5%)
Sep 1990
-
38.16%(-3.0%)
36.02%(-5.0%)
Jun 1990
-
39.35%(-0.8%)
37.91%(-16.3%)
Mar 1990
-
39.66%(+0.3%)
45.31%
Dec 1989
39.50%
39.56%
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What is Union Pacific Corporation annual payout ratio?

The current annual payout ratio of UNP is 47.62%

What is the all time high annual payout ratio for Union Pacific Corporation?

Union Pacific Corporation all-time high annual payout ratio is 401.56%

What is Union Pacific Corporation annual payout ratio year-on-year change?

Over the past year, UNP annual payout ratio has changed by -2.12% (-4.26%)

What is Union Pacific Corporation TTM payout ratio?

The current TTM payout ratio of UNP is 46.57%

What is the all time high TTM payout ratio for Union Pacific Corporation?

Union Pacific Corporation all-time high TTM payout ratio is 466.00%

What is UNP TTM payout ratio year-to-date change?

Union Pacific Corporation TTM payout ratio has changed by -1.04% (-2.18%) since the beginning of the year

What is Union Pacific Corporation TTM payout ratio year-on-year change?

Over the past year, UNP TTM payout ratio has changed by -2.26% (-4.63%)

What is Union Pacific Corporation quarterly payout ratio?

The current quarterly payout ratio of UNP is 42.38%

What is the all time high quarterly payout ratio for Union Pacific Corporation?

Union Pacific Corporation all-time high quarterly payout ratio is 147.06%

What is Union Pacific Corporation quarterly payout ratio year-on-year change?

Over the past year, UNP quarterly payout ratio has changed by -5.02% (-10.59%)
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