Empire Petroleum (EP) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)
Empire Petroleum's (EP) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 21.59% in Q4 2025, down 1824.0% year-on-year from 1.25% in Q4 2024, and down 257.64% quarter-over-quarter from 6.04% in Q3 2025.
Empire Petroleum (EP) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Empire Petroleum has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 14 years of filings, most recently posting 21.59% for Q4 2025.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 21.59%, down 1824.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 21.59% (down 1824.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 21.46%, down 1755.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 21.59% for Q4 2025 at Empire Petroleum, down from 6.04% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 15.99% in Q2 2022 to a low of 2103.81% in Q1 2021.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.83% (2023), against an average of 121.54%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 180094 bps in 2021 and soared 211392 bps in 2022, its largest moves.
- Empire Petroleum's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.3% in 2021, then jumped by 774 bps to 8.79% in 2022, then tumbled by 390 bps to 25.45% in 2023, then soared by 87 bps to 3.36% in 2024, then plunged by 543 bps to 21.59% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 21.59% (Q4 2025), 6.04% (Q3 2025), and 6.06% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodside Energy | 630.08 Bn | 624.14 Bn | - | 13.66% |
| 2 | Canadian Natural Resources | 388.31 Bn | 388.31 Bn | 6.72 Bn | - |
| 3 | Conocophillips | 142.98 Bn | 136.61 Bn | 9.48 Bn | 22.41% |
| 4 | Eog Resources | 72.93 Bn | 69.08 Bn | - | 15.04% |
| 5 | Occidental Petroleum | 55.91 Bn | 52.73 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 19.02% |
| 6 | Diamondback Energy | 54.95 Bn | 61.11 Bn | 4.22 Bn | -0.44% |
| 7 | Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V | 35.18 Bn | 34.56 Bn | 472.36 Mn | 23.41% |
| 8 | Eqt | 32.94 Bn | 36.28 Bn | 2.98 Bn | 12.16% |
| 9 | Vermilion Energy | 31.24 Bn | 31.05 Bn | 370.10 Mn | 34,022.25% |
| 10 | Empire Petroleum | 95.36 Mn | 94.17 Mn | 689,000.00 | -21.59% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -21.59% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -6.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -6.06% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -2.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -21.08% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -19.61% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -24.95% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -25.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -10.97% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -9.60% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.72% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.79% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.78% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.99% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.11% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.30% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -40.91% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -175.13% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -2,103.81% |