Avient (AVNT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Avient (AVNT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 5.76% for Q1 2026, up 115.0% year-over-year from 2.68% in Q1 2025, and up 47.08% quarter-over-quarter from 3.92% in Q4 2025.
Avient (AVNT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Avient (AVNT) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 5.76% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 5.76%, up 115.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.76% (up 115.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.01%, down 240.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed improved to 5.76% in Q1 2026 per AVNT's latest filing, from 3.92% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 9.05% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 2.97% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 5.24% and a median of 4.63% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed sank 576 bps in 2023, then surged 268 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.57% in 2022, then slipped by 16 bps to 3.85% in 2023, then soared by 65 bps to 6.37% in 2024, then slumped by 38 bps to 3.92% in 2025, then jumped by 47 bps to 5.76% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows AVNT's Return on Capital Employed at 5.76% in Q1 2026, 3.92% in Q4 2025, and 4.63% in Q3 2025.
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| 9 | LyondellBasell Industries | 19.28 Bn | 19.39 Bn | 701.00 Mn | -1.10% |
| 10 | Avient | 3.45 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 272.60 Mn | 5.76% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.76% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.63% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.96% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.62% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.50% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.85% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.97% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.02% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.77% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.11% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.78% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.16% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.51% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 8.09% |