Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)
Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) reported Return on Capital Employed of 11.32% for Q1 2026, down 137.0% year-over-year from 30.58% in Q1 2025, and down 2.85% on a QoQ basis from 11.65% in Q4 2025.
Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) has 13 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.32% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 137.0% year-over-year to 11.32% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.32% (down 137.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.14%, up 19.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 11.32% in Q1 2026 per AXTA's latest filing, from 11.65% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 12.68% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 7.21% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.3% (2023), against an average of 10.06%.
- Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 358 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 208 bps in 2022.
- Tracing AXTA's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 7.62% in 2022, then jumped by 35 bps to 10.3% in 2023, then grew by 14 bps to 11.73% in 2024, then slipped by 1 bps to 11.65% in 2025, then declined by 3 bps to 11.32% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest AXTA Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 11.32% (Q1 2026), 11.65% (Q4 2025), and 11.86% (Q3 2025).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 7.03% |
| 10 | Axalta Coating Systems | 6.48 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 416.00 Mn | 11.32% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.32% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.86% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.10% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 12.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.73% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.10% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.99% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.71% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.03% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.62% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.38% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.55% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.85% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.93% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.29% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 4.97% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 5.16% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 4.34% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 4.10% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 8.12% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 8.59% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 8.97% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 7.60% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 7.44% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 7.79% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 7.31% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 8.10% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 6.36% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 15.48% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -29.50% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 15.33% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 8.11% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.97% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 9.21% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 9.50% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 9.25% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 9.33% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 8.94% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 8.56% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 7.63% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 6.93% |