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Conocophillips (COP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Conocophillips (COP) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.26% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% to 0.26% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.26%, a 1.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.26%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.26% for Q4 2025 at Conocophillips, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.47% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.13% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.31% and a median of 0.32% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 26bps in 2022, then decreased -15bps in 2023.
  • Conocophillips' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.29% in 2021, then soared by 61bps to 0.46% in 2022, then dropped by -26bps to 0.34% in 2023, then fell by -25bps to 0.26% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 0.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.26% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).