Skywest (SKYW) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Skywest's (SKYW) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.5% in Q1 2026, up 822.0% year-on-year from 1.14% in Q1 2025, and down 4.24% quarter-over-quarter from 10.97% in Q4 2025.

Skywest (SKYW) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Skywest has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 10.5% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.5%, up 822.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.5% (up 822.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.04%, up 944.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.5% for Q1 2026 at Skywest, down from 10.97% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.97% in Q4 2025 to a low of 2.05% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.65% (2022), against an average of 3.4%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 604 bps in 2023 and soared 935 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Skywest's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.31% in 2022, then soared by 479 bps to 1.8% in 2023, then declined by 10 bps to 1.62% in 2024, then soared by 579 bps to 10.97% in 2025, then slipped by 4 bps to 10.5% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.5% (Q1 2026), 10.97% (Q4 2025), and 3.97% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Ryanair Holdings 453.97 Bn 448.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 25.23%
2 Delta Air Lines 54.89 Bn 49.84 Bn 15.19 Bn 11.47%
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 47.52 Bn 46.49 Bn -239.00 Mn 7,568,387.53%
4 Southwest Airlines 23.88 Bn 20.55 Bn 6.21 Bn 5.87%
5 Copa Holdings 6.22 Bn 4.88 Bn 713.71 Mn 16.15%
6 Alaska Air 5.64 Bn 3.87 Bn 3.20 Bn 1.66%
7 Skywest 3.71 Bn 3.08 Bn 924.11 Mn 10.50%
8 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 2.23 Bn 2.23 Bn - 3.51%
9 Jetblue Airways 2.11 Bn -62.86 Mn 1.87 Bn -3.55%
10 Allegiant Travel 1.82 Bn 921.81 Mn 651.87 Mn 1.70%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.50%
Dec 31, 2025 10.97%
Sep 30, 2025 3.97%
Jun 30, 2025 3.18%
Mar 31, 2025 2.29%
Dec 31, 2024 1.62%
Sep 30, 2024 6.70%
Jun 30, 2024 5.24%
Mar 31, 2024 3.66%
Dec 31, 2023 1.80%
Sep 30, 2023 -2.05%
Jun 30, 2023 -1.57%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.60%
Dec 31, 2022 0.31%
Sep 30, 2022 4.00%
Jun 30, 2022 3.65%
Mar 31, 2022 4.12%
Dec 31, 2021 4.72%
Sep 30, 2021 3.69%
Jun 30, 2021 4.16%