Nrg Energy (NRG) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Nrg Energy's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.57% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 1310.0% year-over-year to 4.57% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.57% (down 1310.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 9.95%, down 500.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 4.57% for Q1 2026 at Nrg Energy, down from 9.96% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 41.3% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 11.17% in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of 11.48% and a median of 13.26% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 3416 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 5152 bps.
• Nrg Energy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.39% in 2022, then slumped by 81 bps to 2.2% in 2023, then jumped by 632 bps to 16.1% in 2024, then tumbled by 38 bps to 9.96% in 2025, then tumbled by 54 bps to 4.57% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NRG's Return on Capital Employed at 4.57% in Q1 2026, 9.96% in Q4 2025, and 15.33% in Q3 2025.