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Union Pacific dividend yield UNP

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1980.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
1.90%
10-year median
2.1%
Against its 10-year history
21st
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
1.6% to 3.2%
Peer median
1.1%

Union Pacific pays 1.90% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 2.1%, lower than on 79% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.6% in Dec 2021 to 3.2% in Mar 2020.

The median for 3 railroad stocks of a similar size is 1.1%.

Dividend yield over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far1.9%1.8%2.4%
20252.3%2.1%2.5%
20242.3%2.0%2.3%
20232.1%2.1%2.8%
20222.5%1.6%2.6%
20211.7%1.6%2.0%
20201.9%1.8%3.2%
20192.0%1.8%2.3%
20182.2%1.8%2.3%
20171.8%1.8%2.3%
20162.2%2.1%3.1%
20152.8%1.5%2.9%
20141.6%1.5%1.8%
20131.8%1.6%1.9%
20122.0%1.7%2.1%
20111.8%1.3%2.1%
20101.4%1.3%1.8%
20091.7%1.6%2.9%
20082.1%1.0%2.3%
20071.2%1.0%1.3%

Against its peers

Companies in Railroads nearest Union Pacific's size, closest first, today.

CompanyDividend yield
UNPUnion Pacific1.90%
CSXCSX1.08%
NSCNorfolk Southern1.64%
WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies0.43%
Peer median1.08%

Where Union Pacific ranks

What the dividend yield tells you

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.