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CF Industries Holdings (CF) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

CF Industries Holdings has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 17.35% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 375.0% to 17.35% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 17.35% through Dec 2025, up 375.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 17.84% for FY2025, 452.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 17.35% for Q4 2025 at CF Industries Holdings, up from 16.77% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 44.4% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 6.5% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 16.51% (2021), against an average of 20.59%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 3745bps in 2022 and then tumbled -2693bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 16.25% in 2021, then soared by 170bps to 43.87% in 2022, then plummeted by -61bps to 16.95% in 2023, then fell by -20bps to 13.6% in 2024, then increased by 28bps to 17.35% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CF's Return on Capital Employed are 17.35% (Q4 2025), 16.77% (Q3 2025), and 15.02% (Q2 2025).