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Exxon Mobil (XOM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Exxon Mobil (XOM) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.11% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% to 0.11% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.11% through Dec 2025, down 2.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.11% for FY2025, 16.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.11% in Q4 2025 for Exxon Mobil, down from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.34% in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.09% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.15% across 5 years, with a median of 0.13% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: increased 26bps in 2022 and later decreased -21bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.1% in 2021, then surged by 139bps to 0.25% in 2022, then rose by 5bps to 0.26% in 2023, then crashed by -50bps to 0.13% in 2024, then fell by -14bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for XOM at 0.11% in Q4 2025, 0.12% in Q3 2025, and 0.12% in Q2 2025.