Growth Metrics

Atmos Energy (ATO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Atmos Energy has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 5.86% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 12.0% to 5.86% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 5.86% through Dec 2025, up 12.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 6.15% for FY2025, 17.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 5.86% for Q4 2025 at Atmos Energy, roughly flat from 5.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 5.86% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 4.73% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.34% (2021), against an average of 5.37%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -77bps in 2021 and then surged 86bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.3% in 2021, then fell by -5bps to 5.02% in 2022, then grew by 4bps to 5.22% in 2023, then grew by 10bps to 5.74% in 2024, then rose by 2bps to 5.86% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ATO's Return on Capital Employed are 5.86% (Q4 2025), 5.86% (Q3 2025), and 5.82% (Q2 2025).