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

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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 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%