SunCoke Energy (SXC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

SunCoke Energy's (SXC) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.49% in Q1 2026, down 1459.0% year-on-year from 0.33% in Q1 2025, and down 66.16% quarter-over-quarter from 2.7% in Q4 2025.

SunCoke Energy (SXC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

SunCoke Energy has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 4.49% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 4.49%, down 1459.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.49% (down 1459.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.94%, down 1336.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.49% for Q1 2026 at SunCoke Energy, down from 2.7% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.88% in Q3 2022 to a low of 4.49% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.57% (2023), against an average of 7.87%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 508 bps in 2022 and plunged 1459 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • SunCoke Energy's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.65% in 2022, then fell by 19 bps to 8.65% in 2023, then increased by 21 bps to 10.43% in 2024, then plunged by 126 bps to 2.7% in 2025, then tumbled by 66 bps to 4.49% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.49% (Q1 2026), 2.7% (Q4 2025), and 5.7% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Warrior Met Coal 5.02 Bn 4.79 Bn 168.17 Mn 4.22%
2 Alpha Metallurgical Resources 2.49 Bn 2.12 Bn 50.60 Mn -1.56%
3 Ramaco Resources 786.79 Mn 431.59 Mn 13.10 Mn -6.79%
4 SunCoke Energy 780.24 Mn 704.14 Mn 79.60 Mn -4.49%
5 American Resources 219.72 Mn 218.13 Mn -54,083.00 4.25%
6 Coronado Global Resources - - 436.84 Mn -124.54%
7 Ramaco Resources - - 13.10 Mn -6.79%
8 Ramaco Resources - - 13.10 Mn -6.79%
9 Ramaco Resources - - 13.10 Mn -6.79%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -4.49%
Dec 31, 2025 -2.70%
Sep 30, 2025 5.70%
Jun 30, 2025 8.35%
Mar 31, 2025 10.10%
Dec 31, 2024 10.43%
Sep 30, 2024 9.83%
Jun 30, 2024 8.61%
Mar 31, 2024 8.84%
Dec 31, 2023 8.65%
Sep 30, 2023 8.64%
Jun 30, 2023 9.75%
Mar 31, 2023 9.57%
Dec 31, 2022 10.65%
Sep 30, 2022 10.88%
Jun 30, 2022 10.33%
Mar 31, 2022 10.62%
Dec 31, 2021 9.95%
Sep 30, 2021 8.37%
Jun 30, 2021 6.18%