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

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DateValue
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%