Sfl (SFL) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Sfl (SFL) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.53% for Q1 2026, down 40.0% year-over-year from 10.88% in Q1 2025, and up 44.97% quarter-over-quarter from 4.5% in Q4 2025.
Sfl (SFL) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sfl (SFL) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.53% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.53%, down 40.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.53% (down 40.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.32%, down 560.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed climbed to 6.53% in Q1 2026 per SFL's latest filing, from 4.5% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 11.95% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 4.5% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 8.51% and a median of 8.54% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 1431 bps in 2022, then slumped 486 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.13% in 2022, then dropped by 13 bps to 8.79% in 2023, then increased by 7 bps to 9.36% in 2024, then plunged by 52 bps to 4.5% in 2025, then soared by 45 bps to 6.53% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SFL's Return on Capital Employed at 6.53% in Q1 2026, 4.5% in Q4 2025, and 5.66% in Q3 2025.
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| 10 | Sfl | 2,192.00 | -127.56 Mn | 106.91 Mn | 6.53% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.53% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.50% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.66% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.06% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.93% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.73% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.56% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.36% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.79% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.98% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.13% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.71% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.36% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -2.81% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -5.01% |