Growth Metrics

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.13% for Q3 2024.

  • For Q3 2024, Return on Capital Employed rose 4.0% year-over-year to 0.13%; the TTM value through Sep 2024 reached 0.13%, up 4.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.14%, 4.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2024 was 0.13% at Air Products & Chemicals, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.13% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.04% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.05% (2020), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -8bps in 2020 before it increased 5bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.05% in 2020, then fell by -29bps to 0.04% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 0.04% in 2022, then surged by 120bps to 0.08% in 2023, then surged by 56bps to 0.13% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for APD's Return on Capital Employed are 0.13% (Q3 2024), 0.09% (Q1 2024), and 0.08% (Q4 2023).