Ecopetrol (EC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)

Ecopetrol (EC) posted Return on Capital Employed of 6.07% for Q4 2025, up 3.67% sequentially from 5.85% in Q3 2025.

Ecopetrol (EC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Ecopetrol (EC) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.07% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 6.07% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 6.07% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.51%, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew to 6.07% in Q4 2025 per EC's latest filing, from 5.85% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 13.6% in Q4 2023, with the low at 0.82% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 4 years is 3.42%, with a median of 2.71% recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed slumped 644 bps in 2021 and surged 1083 bps in 2023.
  • Ecopetrol's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.34% in 2021, then jumped by 706 bps to 2.77% in 2022, then soared by 391 bps to 13.6% in 2023, then plunged by 55 bps to 6.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EC's Return on Capital Employed at 6.07% in Q4 2025, 5.85% in Q3 2025, and 5.37% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Exxon Mobil 6,326.01 Bn 6,324.19 Bn - 10.30%
2 Petrobras - Petroleo Brasileiro 3,284.86 Bn 3,284.86 Bn 11.34 Bn -
3 Bp 558.99 Bn 524.30 Bn 51.83 Bn -
4 TotalEnergies SE 523.98 Bn 523.98 Bn 26,816.00 -80.45%
5 Chevron 328.11 Bn 333.77 Bn 20.34 Bn 18.04%
6 Equinor Asa 77.88 Bn 70.78 Bn - 25.65%
7 National Fuel Gas 7.37 Bn 7.34 Bn 650.52 Mn 12.38%
8 Diversified Energy 1.02 Bn 860.11 Mn -3.35 Mn 9.71%
9 Stabilis Solutions 74.76 Mn 64.12 Mn 367,000.00 -4.66%
10 Ecopetrol - - 11,119.00 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 6.07%
Sep 30, 2025 5.85%
Jun 30, 2025 5.37%
Mar 31, 2025 5.69%
Dec 31, 2023 13.60%
Mar 31, 2023 3.56%
Dec 31, 2022 2.77%
Sep 30, 2022 2.65%
Jun 30, 2022 2.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.81%
Dec 31, 2021 0.34%
Sep 30, 2021 0.04%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.10%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.82%
Dec 31, 2020 -1.13%
Sep 30, 2020 -0.12%
Jun 30, 2020 4.83%
Mar 31, 2020 5.62%
Sep 30, 2018 15.32%
Jun 30, 2018 5.75%