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Devon Energy (DVN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Devon Energy has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 1.17% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1173.0% to 1.17% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.17% through Dec 2025, up 1173.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 2.7% for FY2025, 53.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 1.17% for Q4 2025 at Devon Energy, down from 0.9% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 30.38% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 17.9% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.67% (2024), against an average of 5.07%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 6589bps in 2021 and then crashed -2292bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.05% in 2021, then soared by 156bps to 25.73% in 2022, then crashed by -68bps to 8.21% in 2023, then tumbled by -257bps to 12.89% in 2024, then surged by 91bps to 1.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DVN's Return on Capital Employed are 1.17% (Q4 2025), 0.9% (Q3 2025), and 14.04% (Q2 2025).