Growth Metrics

California Resources (CRC) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

California Resources' Return on Invested Capital history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 11.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.07%, down 11.0%, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.23%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.07% at California Resources, down from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 4.1% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.99% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.23% (2023), against an average of 0.75%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital surged 509bps in 2022 before it tumbled -369bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 2.83% in 2021, then tumbled by -92bps to 0.23% in 2022, then fell by 0bps to 0.23% in 2023, then dropped by -21bps to 0.18% in 2024, then plummeted by -59bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CRC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.07% (Q3 2025), 0.19% (Q2 2025), and 0.18% (Q3 2024).