Talos Energy (TALO) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026)
Talos Energy (TALO) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -5.38% for Q2 2026, down 2.00 percentage points from -3.37% a year earlier but up 9.99 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Talos Energy (TALO) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Talos Energy's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -10.72%, down 14.34 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +7.89 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Talos Energy's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 3.62% in FY2024 (-2.63 pp), 6.25% in FY2023 (-25.68 pp), 31.93% in FY2022 (+14.90 pp) and 17.03% in FY2021 (+35.63 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of -15.37% in Q1 2026 to a high of 34.26% in Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined in each of the last 14 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -7.39 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q2 2022, with a gain of 40.83 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2023, with a drop of 28.15 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was -15.37% (Q1 2026), -11.25% (Q4 2025) and -5.59% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 674.90 Bn | 638.12 Bn | - | 12.28% |
| 2 | Shell | 547.48 Bn | 458.03 Bn | 30.13 Bn | 19.08% |
| 3 | Chevron | 408.53 Bn | 386.32 Bn | 33.45 Bn | -29.93% |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 186.30 Bn | 69.43 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Eni Spa | 172.32 Bn | 121.84 Bn | - | 5.20% |
| 6 | Conocophillips | 152.28 Bn | 124.99 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 28.17% |
| 7 | Equinor Asa | 106.44 Bn | 52.50 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Phillips 66 | 105.58 Bn | 94.57 Bn | 8.38 Bn | -190.97% |
| 9 | Canadian Natural Resources | 100.85 Bn | 97.81 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Talos Energy | 2.80 Bn | 1.14 Bn | - | -5.38% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -5.38% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -15.37% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -11.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -5.59% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.37% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.71% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.17% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.47% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.99% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.11% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 16.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 31.61% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 34.26% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 33.26% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.32% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.22% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.61% |
API Access
Talos Energy Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=TALO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "TALO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=TALO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();