Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Patterson Uti Energy has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 1.52% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.52%, up 1775.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.52% (up 1775.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.84%, up 1454.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.52% for Q1 2026 at Patterson Uti Energy, down from 0.87% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 15.99% in Q2 2023 to a low of 22.91% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.51% (2025), against an average of 3.83%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 3644 bps in 2023 and plunged 2493 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Patterson Uti Energy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.3% in 2022, then tumbled by 33 bps to 5.53% in 2023, then plunged by 418 bps to 17.6% in 2024, then soared by 95 bps to 0.87% in 2025, then plunged by 74 bps to 1.52% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.52% (Q1 2026), 0.87% (Q4 2025), and 1.51% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.