Growth Metrics

Sunoco (SUN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Sunoco has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 13 years, most recently at 4.89% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 154.0% to 4.89% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.89% through Dec 2025, down 154.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.38% for FY2025, 376.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 4.89% for Q4 2025 at Sunoco, down from 6.92% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 15.73% in Q3 2021 and troughed at 4.08% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.99% (2023), against an average of 11.14%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed soared 1061bps in 2021 and then crashed -974bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 15.57% in 2021, then fell by -18bps to 12.8% in 2022, then decreased by -13bps to 11.09% in 2023, then crashed by -42bps to 6.43% in 2024, then fell by -24bps to 4.89% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SUN's Return on Capital Employed are 4.89% (Q4 2025), 6.92% (Q3 2025), and 6.61% (Q2 2025).