Jetblue Airways (JBLU) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Jetblue Airways' (JBLU) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.55% in Q1 2026, down 247.0% year-on-year from 2.41% in Q1 2025, and down 17.52% on a QoQ basis 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.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 247.0% year-over-year to 3.55% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 3.55%, a 247.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.99%, up 297.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.55%, down from 3.02% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for JBLU reached as high as 1.85% in Q2 2023 and fell as low as 8.88% in Q2 2024.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 3.33% across 5 years, with a median of 3.02% in 2025.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 1452 bps in 2022 and slumped 1073 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.16% in 2022, then advanced by 27 bps to 2.3% in 2023, then slumped by 131 bps to 5.32% in 2024, then surged by 43 bps to 3.02% in 2025, then slipped by 18 bps to 3.55% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 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% |