Growth Metrics

Fuelcell Energy (FCEL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Fuelcell Energy's Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.3% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 7.0% year-over-year to 0.3%; the TTM value through Oct 2025 reached 0.3%, down 7.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.28%, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.3% at Fuelcell Energy, up from 0.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.1% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.34% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.2% (2023), against an average of 0.21%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital surged 64bps in 2021 before it dropped -17bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.1% in 2021, then plummeted by -178bps to 0.27% in 2022, then rose by 29bps to 0.19% in 2023, then fell by -20bps to 0.23% in 2024, then crashed by -32bps to 0.3% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FCEL's Return on Invested Capital are 0.3% (Q4 2025), 0.34% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q4 2024).