Aecom (ACM) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Aecom (ACM) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 16.41% in Q1 2026, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 16.34% in Q4 2025, and down 16.0% on a YoY basis from 19.54% in Q1 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 was 16.41% for Q1 2026 at Aecom, roughly flat from 16.34% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 227.06% in Q4 2022 to a low of 5.92% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 35.05% across 5 years, with a median of 14.57% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed jumped 18576 bps in 2022, then slumped 22074 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 227.06% in 2022, then slumped by 97 bps to 6.32% in 2023, then soared by 146 bps to 15.55% in 2024, then grew by 5 bps to 16.34% in 2025, then grew by 0 bps to 16.41% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.41% (Q1 2026), 16.34% (Q4 2025), and 16.3% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 103.56 Bn 103.29 Bn 1.11 Bn 10.73%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 64.33 Bn 63.28 Bn 754.41 Mn 15.88%
3 Emcor 36.81 Bn 35.90 Bn 863.95 Mn 2.32%
4 Mastec 27.54 Bn 27.38 Bn 477.90 Mn 12.69%
5 Sterling Infrastructure 25.78 Bn 25.28 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
6 APi 18.83 Bn 18.18 Bn 620.00 Mn 8.37%
7 Jacobs Solutions 14.81 Bn 13.43 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
8 IES Holdings 14.35 Bn 14.09 Bn 254.79 Mn 42.91%
9 Dycom Industries 13.61 Bn 12.90 Bn - -
10 Aecom 9.19 Bn 8.36 Bn 296.50 Mn 16.41%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 227.06%
Sep 30, 2022 183.51%
Jun 30, 2022 11.00%
Mar 31, 2022 10.12%
Dec 31, 2021 41.29%
Sep 30, 2021 34.18%
Jun 30, 2021 8.34%