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Nrg Energy (NRG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Nrg Energy's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.1%, down 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.1% in Q4 2025 per NRG's latest filing, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.41% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.11% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.13%, with a median of 0.15% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 34bps in 2022, then plummeted -52bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.19% in 2021, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.11% in 2022, then crashed by -81bps to 0.02% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 632bps to 0.16% in 2024, then plummeted by -38bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NRG's Return on Capital Employed are 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.15% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).