Energy Transfer (ET) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Energy Transfer (ET) posted Return on Invested Capital of 1.7% for Q1 2026, down 24.88% on a QoQ basis from 2.27% in Q4 2025, and up 163.0% year-over-year from 0.65% in Q1 2025.

Energy Transfer (ET) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Energy Transfer's Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.7% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 163.0% year-over-year to 1.7% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.7% (up 163.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.15%, up 499.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 1.7% for Q1 2026 at Energy Transfer, down from 2.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 2.27% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.32% and a median of 0.04% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital plunged 63 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 223 bps.
  • Energy Transfer's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.08% in 2022, then sank by 79 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 142 bps to 0.04% in 2024, then jumped by 5835 bps to 2.27% in 2025, then declined by 25 bps to 1.7% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ET's Return on Invested Capital at 1.7% in Q1 2026, 2.27% in Q4 2025, and 0.56% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 DHT Holdings 2,706.13 Bn 2,706.00 Bn 167.16 Mn 0.01%
2 Flex LNG 1,674.16 Bn 1,673.77 Bn 61.79 Mn 0.01%
3 Kinder Morgan 112.74 Bn 113.82 Bn 3.07 Bn 0.00%
4 Enbridge 89.82 Bn 89.03 Bn 6.70 Bn 0.01%
5 Enterprise Products Partners 83.97 Bn 82.82 Bn - 0.01%
6 Tc Energy 72.76 Bn 73.95 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.00%
7 Energy Transfer 70.27 Bn 69.30 Bn 6.62 Bn 1.70%
8 Targa Resources 61.30 Bn 61.34 Bn 1.70 Bn 0.00%
9 Oneok 61.15 Bn 61.02 Bn 8.98 Bn 0.01%
10 Mplx 58.39 Bn 56.89 Bn 1.95 Bn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.70%
Dec 31, 2025 2.27%
Sep 30, 2025 0.56%
Jun 30, 2025 0.21%
Mar 31, 2025 0.08%
Dec 31, 2024 0.04%
Sep 30, 2024 0.03%
Jun 30, 2024 0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.02%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.04%
Mar 31, 2023 0.23%
Dec 31, 2022 0.08%
Sep 30, 2022 0.04%
Jun 30, 2022 0.03%
Mar 31, 2022 0.03%
Dec 31, 2021 0.05%
Sep 30, 2021 0.08%
Jun 30, 2021 0.16%