Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Air Products & Chemicals has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 6.05% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.05%, up 173.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.05% (up 173.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.43%, down 1656.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 6.05% for Q1 2026 at Air Products & Chemicals, up from 2.09% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.1% in Q3 2024 to a low of 2.36% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.05% (2023), against an average of 7.53%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 432 bps in 2024 and slumped 1546 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.09% in 2022, then fell by 17 bps to 8.38% in 2023, then surged by 52 bps to 12.7% in 2024, then plunged by 116 bps to 2.09% in 2025, then soared by 390 bps to 6.05% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.05% (Q1 2026), 2.09% (Q4 2025), and 2.36% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.