Adt (ADT) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)
Adt posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 8.89% for Q1 2026, up 55.0% year-on-year from 5.73% in Q1 2025, and up 1.07% on a QoQ basis from 8.79% in Q4 2025.
Adt (ADT) has 9 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.89% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 55.0% year-over-year to 8.89%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.89% (up 55.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.77%, up 58.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 8.89%, up from 8.79% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.34% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.64% in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.12% (2024), against an average of 6.4%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed surged 516 bps; it then retreated 18 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 3.14% in 2022, then surged by 147 bps to 7.75% in 2023, then grew by 5 bps to 8.16% in 2024, then increased by 8 bps to 8.79% in 2025, then advanced by 1 bps to 8.89% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.89% (Q1 2026), 8.79% (Q4 2025), and 8.84% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allegion | 11.20 Bn | 10.89 Bn | 454.50 Mn | 18.98% |
| 2 | MSA Safety | 6.44 Bn | 6.26 Bn | 219.58 Mn | 16.99% |
| 3 | Adt | 5.10 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 8.89% |
| 4 | Brinks | 4.39 Bn | 3.98 Bn | 382.40 Mn | 11.83% |
| 5 | Brady | 4.08 Bn | 3.90 Bn | 225.47 Mn | 17.62% |
| 6 | Geo | 3.01 Bn | 2.92 Bn | - | 2.88% |
| 7 | CoreCivic | 2.08 Bn | 1.87 Bn | - | 8.05% |
| 8 | Napco Security Technologies | 1.34 Bn | 1.21 Bn | 29.49 Mn | 22.02% |
| 9 | Evolv Technologies Holdings | 1.14 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 23.60 Mn | -23.81% |
| 10 | Mistras | 555.86 Mn | 531.24 Mn | 44.73 Mn | 10.08% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.89% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.79% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.84% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.34% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.33% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.16% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.18% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.75% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.06% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.04% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.14% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.90% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.07% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.15% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.42% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.77% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.27% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.59% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -0.18% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.11% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 1.28% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.92% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 2.02% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.89% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 1.73% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 2.21% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 2.06% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 2.12% |