Union Pacific Corporation UNP

273.79 (0.28) (0.10%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$162.8B
P/E
22.1×
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Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) Free cash flow margin

Union Pacific Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 25.6%, up 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.5% (fiscal 2015) to 29.5% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Railroads industry median of 8.43% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.4% (1.87)
FY2024 24.3% 4.52
FY2023 19.8% (3.29)
FY2022 23.1% (4.88)
FY2021 28.0% (1.54)
FY2020 29.5% 5.41
FY2019 24.1% 0.82
FY2018 23.3% 3.68
FY2017 19.6% (1.22)
FY2016 20.8% 7.31

Against its own ten years

Low 13.5% High 29.5%
Ten-year median 23.1%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
UNP Union Pacific Corporation 25.6%
CSX CSX Corporation compare 20.4%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited compare 15.7%
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation compare 15.2%
WAB Wabtec compare 14.4%
FSTR L.B. Foster Company compare 8.43%
RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. compare 3.86%
GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) compare 2.27%
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. compare −16.5%
Railroads industry median 8.43%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Free cash flow margin →

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