Jetblue Airways (JBLU) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Jetblue Airways (JBLU) reported Return on Capital Employed of 3.55% for Q1 2026, down 247.0% year-over-year from 2.41% in Q1 2025, and down 17.52% quarter-over-quarter from 3.02% in Q4 2025.
Jetblue Airways (JBLU) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Jetblue Airways (JBLU) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.55% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 3.55%, down 247.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.55% (down 247.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.99%, up 297.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed retreated to 3.55% in Q1 2026 per JBLU's latest filing, from 3.02% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 1.85% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 8.88% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 3.33% and a median of 3.02% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed jumped 1452 bps in 2022, then plunged 1073 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 3.16% in 2022, then increased by 27 bps to 2.3% in 2023, then sank by 131 bps to 5.32% in 2024, then surged by 43 bps to 3.02% in 2025, then fell by 18 bps to 3.55% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows JBLU's Return on Capital Employed at 3.55% in Q1 2026, 3.02% in Q4 2025, and 2.01% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.55% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -2.01% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.08% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -5.32% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -6.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -8.88% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.24% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.23% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.90% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.16% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -4.83% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -4.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.58% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.77% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -3.89% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -11.10% |