Alta Equipment (ALTG) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026)
Alta Equipment (ALTG) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.03% for Q2 2026, down 0.36 percentage points from 2.38% a year earlier and down 0.04 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alta Equipment (ALTG) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alta Equipment's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 2.54%, up 0.58 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +7.42 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alta Equipment's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 1.96% in FY2024 (-4.88 pp), 6.84% in FY2023 (+0.71 pp), 6.13% in FY2022 (+2.81 pp) and 3.32% in FY2021 (+8.20 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.36 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q4 2021, with a gain of 6.00 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2024, with a drop of 4.12 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 2.07% (Q1 2026), 2.61% (Q4 2025) and 2.29% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Rentals | 64.44 Bn | 63.20 Bn | 1.73 Bn | 16.11% |
| 2 | W.W. Grainger | 60.37 Bn | 58.35 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 37.06% |
| 3 | Fastenal | 57.63 Bn | 56.55 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 40.62% |
| 4 | Ferguson Enterprises | 43.02 Bn | 40.24 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 23.37% |
| 5 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 31.00 Bn | 30.88 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 12.18% |
| 6 | Reliance | 20.06 Bn | 19.10 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 12.56% |
| 7 | Wesco International | 18.10 Bn | 15.41 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 10.99% |
| 8 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.49 Bn | 12.37 Bn | 411.22 Mn | 23.02% |
| 9 | Watsco | 10.72 Bn | 8.88 Bn | 578.93 Mn | 18.08% |
| 10 | Alta Equipment | 205.74 Mn | 128.24 Mn | 124.20 Mn | 2.03% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.03% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.07% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.61% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.38% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.23% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.96% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.42% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.11% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.68% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.80% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.98% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.73% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.86% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.12% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.20% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.00% |
API Access
Alta Equipment Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALTG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ALTG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALTG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();