Growth Metrics

Dnow (DNOW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Dnow's Return on Capital Employed history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.01%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.01% in Q4 2025 per DNOW's latest filing, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.13% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 61bps in 2021, then dropped -8bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.0% in 2021, then surged by 724bps to 0.03% in 2022, then dropped by -14bps to 0.03% in 2023, then tumbled by -32bps to 0.02% in 2024, then tumbled by -158bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DNOW's Return on Capital Employed are 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).