Growth Metrics

Fuel Tech (FTEK) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Fuel Tech's Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.09% in Q4 2025 per FTEK's latest filing, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.11% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: surged 46bps in 2021, then dropped -5bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.03% in 2021, then dropped by -7bps to 0.03% in 2022, then crashed by -76bps to 0.06% in 2023, then plummeted by -81bps to 0.11% in 2024, then grew by 17bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FTEK's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025).