Growth Metrics

Celanese (CE) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Celanese's Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.04%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.04% in Q4 2025 per CE's latest filing, up from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 2.05% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.18% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.18%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 198bps in 2022, then tumbled -196bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then tumbled by -57bps to 0.09% in 2022, then soared by 56bps to 0.14% in 2023, then crashed by -140bps to 0.06% in 2024, then grew by 24bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CE's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).