Growth Metrics

Peabody Energy (BTU) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Peabody Energy has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.02% for Q4 2025, down 10.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.02% (down 10.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.02%, down 10.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Peabody Energy, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for BTU hit a ceiling of 0.38% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 0.44% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.12% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.12%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 55bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -40bps in 2021.
  • Peabody Energy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.11% in 2021, then soared by 161bps to 0.3% in 2022, then fell by -26bps to 0.22% in 2023, then crashed by -60bps to 0.09% in 2024, then crashed by -119bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.