Growth Metrics

Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026)

Accel Entertainment posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.23% for Q1 2026, up 128.0% year-on-year from 4.93% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 11.2% in Q4 2025.

Accel Entertainment (ACEL) has 10 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.23% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 128.0% year-over-year to 11.23%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.23% (up 128.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 11.42%, up 88.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 11.23%, roughly flat from 11.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 14.94% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 9.95% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.09% (2022), against an average of 12.2%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 1827 bps; it then slumped 341 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.73% in 2022, then advanced by 8 bps to 13.73% in 2023, then decreased by 25 bps to 10.32% in 2024, then increased by 9 bps to 11.2% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 11.23% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.23% (Q1 2026), 11.2% (Q4 2025), and 10.52% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Flutter Entertainment 18.39 Bn 17.30 Bn 1.84 Bn -0.45%
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4 Rush Street Interactive 2.60 Bn 2.43 Bn 132.17 Mn 25.29%
5 Brightstar Lottery 2.28 Bn 2.94 Bn - -
6 Accel Entertainment 1.01 Bn 735.58 Mn 109.94 Mn 11.23%
7 Codere Online Luxembourg 490.38 Mn 420.96 Mn - -
8 Bragg Gaming 269.74 Mn 261.99 Mn 18.22 Mn -20.82%
9 Inspired Entertainment 233.43 Mn 189.93 Mn 54.60 Mn 8.83%
10 High Roller Technologies 45.23 Mn 42.56 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.23%
Dec 31, 2025 11.20%
Sep 30, 2025 10.52%
Jun 30, 2025 10.22%
Mar 31, 2025 9.95%
Dec 31, 2024 10.32%
Sep 30, 2024 11.50%
Jun 30, 2024 11.92%
Mar 31, 2024 13.05%
Dec 31, 2023 13.73%
Sep 30, 2023 13.81%
Jun 30, 2023 13.59%
Mar 31, 2023 13.35%
Dec 31, 2022 12.73%
Sep 30, 2022 12.09%
Jun 30, 2022 13.27%
Mar 31, 2022 14.94%
Dec 31, 2021 13.09%
Sep 30, 2021 7.69%
Jun 30, 2021 5.86%
Mar 31, 2021 -3.33%
Dec 31, 2020 -4.84%
Sep 30, 2020 -3.73%
Jun 30, 2020 -5.82%
Mar 31, 2020 1.40%
Dec 31, 2019 1.07%
Sep 30, 2019 2.25%
Jun 30, 2019 1.92%
Mar 31, 2019 -0.17%
Dec 31, 2018 -0.26%
Sep 30, 2018 3.92%
Jun 30, 2018 3.94%
Mar 31, 2018 3.98%
Dec 31, 2017 4.03%