Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Archer-Daniels-Midland has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 3.18% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 3.18%, up 2.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.18% (up 2.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.86%, down 163.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.18% for Q1 2026 at Archer-Daniels-Midland, up from 2.92% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.9% in Q4 2022 to a low of 2.59% in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.18% (2024), against an average of 7.5%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 313 bps in 2022 and slumped 602 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Archer-Daniels-Midland's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.9% in 2022, then dropped by 14 bps to 10.26% in 2023, then slumped by 55 bps to 4.66% in 2024, then slumped by 37 bps to 2.92% in 2025, then gained by 9 bps to 3.18% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.18% (Q1 2026), 2.92% (Q4 2025), and 3.32% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.