Alcoa (AA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Alcoa has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 5.25% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 5.25%, down 1422.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.25% (down 1422.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.98%, up 141.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 5.25% for Q1 2026 at Alcoa, down from 7.61% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 19.47% in Q1 2025 to a low of 5.15% in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.76% (2024), against an average of 5.45%.
• Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 1650 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 2367 bps in 2022.
• Alcoa's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.41% in 2022, then sank by 71 bps to 3.06% in 2023, then surged by 338 bps to 13.4% in 2024, then slumped by 43 bps to 7.61% in 2025, then sank by 31 bps to 5.25% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 5.25% (Q1 2026), 7.61% (Q4 2025), and 9.16% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.