Growth Metrics

Plains All American Pipeline (PAAPU) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Plains All American Pipeline has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.06% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.06% for Q4 2025, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.06% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.06%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.06% at Plains All American Pipeline, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for PAAPU hit a ceiling of 0.08% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 0.01% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.05% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.05%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 16bps in 2021 and later decreased -4bps in 2023.
  • Plains All American Pipeline's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.04% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 41bps to 0.06% in 2022, then decreased by -6bps to 0.06% in 2023, then decreased by -29bps to 0.04% in 2024, then surged by 49bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.