Aecom (ACM) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Aecom (ACM) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 16.41% for Q1 2026, down 16.0% year-over-year from 19.54% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 16.34% in Q4 2025.
Aecom (ACM) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Aecom's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 16.41% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 16.0% year-over-year to 16.41%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.41% (down 16.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 16.55%, up 86.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 16.41%, roughly flat from 16.34% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 17.71% in Q2 2025, with the low at 5.92% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 14.57% (2024), against an average of 12.87%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed sank 5593 bps in 2022, then soared 1017 bps in 2025.
- Aecom's Return on Capital Employed stood at 16.76% in 2022, then slumped by 62 bps to 6.32% in 2023, then surged by 146 bps to 15.55% in 2024, then gained by 5 bps to 16.34% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 16.41% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ACM's Return on Capital Employed at 16.41% in Q1 2026, 16.34% in Q4 2025, and 16.3% in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quanta Services | 102.18 Bn | 101.77 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.55% |
| 2 | Comfort Systems Usa | 72.82 Bn | 70.97 Bn | 844.23 Mn | 25.26% |
| 3 | Ferrovial | 47.62 Bn | 42.63 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Emcor | 36.31 Bn | 35.39 Bn | 1.02 Bn | 29.45% |
| 5 | Mastec | 20.38 Bn | 20.19 Bn | 556.28 Mn | 14.60% |
| 6 | Sterling Infrastructure | 19.23 Bn | 18.73 Bn | 194.30 Mn | 30.01% |
| 7 | APi | 17.20 Bn | 16.35 Bn | 703.00 Mn | 8.75% |
| 8 | Jacobs Solutions | 16.40 Bn | 15.02 Bn | 794.89 Mn | 7.34% |
| 9 | IES Holdings | 15.99 Bn | 15.73 Bn | 340.66 Mn | 41.31% |
| 10 | Aecom | 9.59 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 296.50 Mn | 16.41% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.41% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.34% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.30% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 17.71% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.58% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.55% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.57% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.40% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.32% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.92% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.52% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.22% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.86% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.12% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 72.68% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 54.50% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.34% |