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Helmerich & Payne (HP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Helmerich & Payne (HP) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 10.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.03%, a 10.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.0%, down 10.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.03% for Q4 2025 at Helmerich & Payne, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.19% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.25% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 0.04% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -13bps in 2021, then increased 22bps in 2023.
  • Helmerich & Payne's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.1% in 2021, then soared by 161bps to 0.06% in 2022, then soared by 135bps to 0.14% in 2023, then plummeted by -43bps to 0.08% in 2024, then tumbled by -132bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).