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Alcoa (AA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Alcoa (AA) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 10 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 5.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.08% through Dec 2025, down 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2025, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.08% in Q4 2025 for Alcoa, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.19% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.06% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.06% across 5 years, with a median of 0.06% in 2024.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Capital Employed was 17bps in 2022; the steepest drop was -24bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.06% in 2021, then surged by 271bps to 0.1% in 2022, then crashed by -66bps to 0.04% in 2023, then surged by 254bps to 0.12% in 2024, then tumbled by -39bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for AA at 0.08% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q3 2025, and 0.18% in Q2 2025.