Growth Metrics

Shell (SHEL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Shell filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 12.56% for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 930.0% to 12.56% in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Jun 2025 was 12.56%, a 930.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 18.16%, up 1916.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 12.56% in Q2 2025 for Shell, up from 3.41% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 12.56% in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.45% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 5.78% (2021), compared with a mean of 5.94%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -968bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 930bps in 2025.
  • Shell's Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.78% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 75bps to 10.13% in 2022, then tumbled by -96bps to 0.45% in 2023, then surged by 654bps to 3.41% in 2024, then soared by 269bps to 12.56% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 12.56% (Q2 2025), 3.41% (Q4 2024), and 3.26% (Q2 2024) per Business Quant data.