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
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flutter Entertainment | 18.39 Bn | 17.30 Bn | 1.84 Bn | -0.45% |
| 2 | DraftKings | 13.23 Bn | 12.22 Bn | 696.69 Mn | 1.27% |
| 3 | Churchill Downs | 6.28 Bn | 6.13 Bn | 475.00 Mn | 10.41% |
| 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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |