Cenovus Energy (CVE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Cenovus Energy has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 12.1% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.1%, up 4.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.1% (up 4.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.3%, down 177.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 12.1% for Q1 2026 at Cenovus Energy, up from 10.5% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 37.29% in Q4 2022 to a low of 10.22% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.18% (2023), against an average of 14.89%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 2993 bps in 2022 and sank 2413 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Cenovus Energy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 37.29% in 2022, then slumped by 65 bps to 13.17% in 2023, then gained by 0 bps to 13.2% in 2024, then fell by 20 bps to 10.5% in 2025, then increased by 15 bps to 12.1% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 12.1% (Q1 2026), 10.5% (Q4 2025), and 10.53% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.