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
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 | 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% |