Growth Metrics

Xcel Energy (XEL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Xcel Energy (XEL) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.04% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.04% in Q4 2025 for Xcel Energy, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.04% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.03% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.04% across 5 years, with a median of 0.04% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: changed 0bps in 2021 and later decreased -1bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.04% in 2021, then rose by 7bps to 0.04% in 2022, then fell by -4bps to 0.04% in 2023, then dropped by -12bps to 0.04% in 2024, then decreased by -6bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for XEL at 0.04% in Q4 2025, 0.03% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.