Growth Metrics

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 18 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.06%, up 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 17.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.06% in Q1 2026 for Air Products & Chemicals, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.13% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed rose 4bps in 2024 and then dropped -15bps in 2025.
  • Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.1% in 2022, then dropped by -17bps to 0.08% in 2023, then surged by 52bps to 0.13% in 2024, then plummeted by -116bps to 0.02% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 390bps to 0.06% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.06%, 0.02%, and 0.02% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.