Brookfield Business (BBUC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Brookfield Business' Return on Capital Employed history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 17.33% for Q4 2025.

• In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 7362.0% year-over-year to 17.33%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 17.33% (down 7362.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 16.8%, down 3926.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 17.33% for Q4 2025 at Brookfield Business, down from 17.43% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 90.95% in Q4 2024 to a low of 248.96% in Q3 2021.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.19% across 5 years, with a median of 16.73% in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed jumped 6128 bps in 2023, then plunged 7362 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 13.38% in 2021, then plunged by 35 bps to 8.71% in 2022, then surged by 704 bps to 69.99% in 2023, then climbed by 30 bps to 90.95% in 2024, then plunged by 81 bps to 17.33% in 2025.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 17.33% (Q4 2025), 17.43% (Q3 2025), and 19.55% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.