Clearway Energy (CWEN) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026)
Clearway Energy's (CWEN) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.14% in Q1 2026, down 49.0% YoY from 2.23% in Q1 2025, and up 8.98% on a QoQ basis from 1.04% in Q4 2025.
Clearway Energy (CWEN) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Clearway Energy (CWEN) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.14% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 49.0% year-over-year to 1.14% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.14% (down 49.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.11%, down 32.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed rose to 1.14% in Q1 2026, from 1.04% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.16% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.91% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 4.22% and a median of 1.63% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 1112 bps — and 2024, when it slumped 1178 bps.
- Tracing CWEN's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 12.42% in 2022, then sank by 84 bps to 2.0% in 2023, then declined by 28 bps to 1.44% in 2024, then dropped by 28 bps to 1.04% in 2025, then increased by 9 bps to 1.14% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.14% (Q1 2026), 1.04% (Q4 2025), and 1.04% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.14% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.04% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.56% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.63% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.44% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.54% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.91% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.38% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.44% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.55% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.16% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.42% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.84% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.63% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.04% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.50% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.14% |