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 on a QoQ basis from 16.34% in Q4 2025.

Aecom (ACM) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Aecom (ACM) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 16.41% the latest figure, recorded in 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 came in at 16.41% for Q1 2026 at Aecom, roughly flat from 16.34% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 227.06% in Q4 2022, with the low at 5.92% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 35.05%, with a median of 14.57% recorded in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 18576 bps in 2022 and tumbled 22074 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 227.06% in 2022, then tumbled by 97 bps to 6.32% in 2023, then soared 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 16.41%, 16.34%, and 16.3% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Stantec 7,704.08 Bn 7,704.08 Bn 914.10 Mn 36.46%
2 Quanta Services 103.60 Bn 103.33 Bn 1.11 Bn 10.73%
3 Mastec 30.47 Bn 30.31 Bn 477.90 Mn 12.69%
4 Sterling Infrastructure 23.80 Bn 23.30 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
5 APi 18.02 Bn 17.38 Bn 620.00 Mn 8.37%
6 Jacobs Solutions 14.73 Bn 13.35 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
7 IES Holdings 13.95 Bn 13.69 Bn 254.79 Mn 42.91%
8 Aecom 8.61 Bn 7.78 Bn 296.50 Mn 16.41%
9 Everus Construction 7.72 Bn 7.42 Bn 130.73 Mn 29.61%
10 Tetra Tech 7.59 Bn 7.37 Bn 214.09 Mn 20.06%

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%