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Kinder Morgan (KMI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Kinder Morgan filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 7.42% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 90.0% to 7.42% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 7.42%, a 90.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 6.97%, up 34.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 7.42% in Q1 2026 for Kinder Morgan, up from 6.93% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 7.42% in Q1 2026 to a low of 3.24% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 6.54% (2023), compared with a mean of 6.41%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -184bps in 2022 and later surged 330bps in 2023.
  • Kinder Morgan's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.44% in 2022, then rose by 6bps to 6.8% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 6.64% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 6.93% in 2025, then increased by 7bps to 7.42% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 7.42% (Q1 2026), 6.93% (Q4 2025), and 6.52% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.