Growth Metrics

Energy Recovery (ERII) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Energy Recovery (ERII) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.1% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 2.0% to 0.1% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.1%, a 2.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.1%, up 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.1% for Q4 2025 at Energy Recovery, down from 1.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 1.13% in Q3 2025 to a low of 2.12% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.13% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: plummeted -60306bps in 2021, then surged 233bps in 2022.
  • Energy Recovery's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.23% in 2021, then dropped by -13bps to 0.2% in 2022, then tumbled by -56bps to 0.09% in 2023, then decreased by -9bps to 0.08% in 2024, then rose by 29bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ERII's Return on Invested Capital are 0.1% (Q4 2025), 1.13% (Q3 2025), and 0.26% (Q2 2025).