Natural Gas Services (NGS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
Natural Gas Services (NGS) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 5.04% for Q3 2026, down 1.08 percentage points from 6.13% a year earlier and down 0.27 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Natural Gas Services (NGS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Natural Gas Services posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 6.03%, down 0.40 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +6.03 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 6.42% in FY2024 (+4.13 pp), 2.29% in FY2023 (+2.11 pp), 0.18% in FY2022 (+4.14 pp) and -3.96% in FY2021 (-3.96 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q2 2024.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.70 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 5.05 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2021 (a drop of 4.02 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 5.32% (Q2 2026), 6.06% (Q1 2026) and 5.69% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slb | 76.30 Bn | 73.91 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 9.30% |
| 2 | Baker Hughes | 49.10 Bn | 11.25 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 13.18% |
| 3 | Halliburton | 27.94 Bn | 19.88 Bn | 840.00 Mn | 13.16% |
| 4 | TechnipFMC | 25.83 Bn | 21.81 Bn | 728.70 Mn | 35.01% |
| 5 | Noble | 6.97 Bn | 5.04 Bn | 228.22 Mn | 1.51% |
| 6 | Nov | 6.45 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 439.00 Mn | 2.34% |
| 7 | Weatherford International | 6.27 Bn | 2.04 Bn | 374.00 Mn | 16.40% |
| 8 | Transocean | 6.19 Bn | 4.23 Bn | 348.00 Mn | 6.10% |
| 9 | Valaris | 5.84 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 176.30 Mn | 4.43% |
| 10 | Natural Gas Services | 383.29 Mn | 380.19 Mn | 36.85 Mn | 5.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.04% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.06% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.69% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.30% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.23% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.56% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.95% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.18% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.39% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.88% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.75% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.02% |
API Access
Natural Gas Services Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=NGS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "NGS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=NGS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();