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Chevron (CVX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Chevron filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 54.32% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 6098.0% to 54.32% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 54.32%, a 6098.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 34.41%, down 5559.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 54.32% in Q4 2025 for Chevron, down from 8.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 33.89% in Q3 2021 to a low of 86.94% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 8.2% (2022), compared with a mean of 19.58%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -8099bps in 2024 and later soared 9211bps in 2025.
  • Chevron's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.64% in 2021, then plummeted by -76bps to 8.17% in 2022, then tumbled by -879bps to 79.98% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 108bps to 6.66% in 2024, then crashed by -916bps to 54.32% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 54.32% (Q4 2025), 8.23% (Q3 2025), and 10.9% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.