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ESS Tech (GWH) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2025)

ESS Tech has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 3.13% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 3.13% for Q4 2025, down 154.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 3.13% (down 154.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 1.59%, down 46.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 3.13% at ESS Tech, up from 4.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for GWH hit a ceiling of 0.26% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 4.48% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.79% (2023), compared with a mean of 1.35%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 7bps in 2024 and later crashed -329bps in 2025.
  • ESS Tech's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.26% in 2021, then tumbled by -166bps to 0.68% in 2022, then grew by 4bps to 0.65% in 2023, then crashed by -142bps to 1.59% in 2024, then plummeted by -97bps to 3.13% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 3.13% (Q4 2025), 4.48% (Q3 2025), and 3.4% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.