Sunoco (SUN) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026)

Sunoco (SUN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.17% for Q1 2026, down 4.0% year-over-year from 6.42% in Q1 2025, and up 26.03% quarter-over-quarter from 4.89% in Q4 2025.

Sunoco (SUN) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sunoco (SUN) has 14 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.17% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.17%, down 4.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.17% (down 4.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.38%, down 376.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 6.17% in Q1 2026 per SUN's latest filing, from 4.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 15.66% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 4.08% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 9.81% and a median of 10.75% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 974 bps in 2024, then soared 284 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.8% in 2022, then decreased by 13 bps to 11.09% in 2023, then slumped by 42 bps to 6.43% in 2024, then fell by 24 bps to 4.89% in 2025, then climbed by 26 bps to 6.17% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SUN's Return on Capital Employed at 6.17% in Q1 2026, 4.89% in Q4 2025, and 6.92% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Marathon Petroleum 76.18 Bn 80.70 Bn 3.31 Bn 14.61%
2 Valero Energy 75.63 Bn 72.96 Bn 30.79 Bn 13.70%
3 Phillips 66 71.92 Bn 67.92 Bn 31.12 Bn -306.60%
4 HF Sinclair 12.56 Bn 11.48 Bn 1.19 Bn 12.31%
5 Sunoco 8.81 Bn 8.10 Bn 1.69 Bn 6.17%
6 Cosan 5.12 Bn 250.68 Mn 552.94 Mn 12.76%
7 Icahn Enterprises 4.72 Bn 3.42 Bn -134.00 Mn -
8 PBF Energy 4.49 Bn 4.08 Bn 278.50 Mn 8.02%
9 Cvr Energy 3.16 Bn 2.85 Bn -103.00 Mn 6.10%
10 Delek US Holdings 2.80 Bn 2.43 Bn -130.20 Mn 6.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.17%
Dec 31, 2025 4.89%
Sep 30, 2025 6.92%
Jun 30, 2025 6.61%
Mar 31, 2025 6.20%
Dec 31, 2024 6.43%
Sep 30, 2024 4.08%
Jun 30, 2024 8.25%
Mar 31, 2024 13.42%
Dec 31, 2023 11.09%
Sep 30, 2023 13.83%
Jun 30, 2023 10.75%
Mar 31, 2023 11.19%
Dec 31, 2022 12.80%
Sep 30, 2022 13.97%
Jun 30, 2022 14.45%
Mar 31, 2022 15.66%
Dec 31, 2021 15.57%
Sep 30, 2021 15.73%
Jun 30, 2021 15.47%