Growth Metrics

Balchem (BCPC) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Balchem (BCPC) reported Return on Capital Employed of 13.91% for Q1 2026, up 72.0% year-over-year from 8.09% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 13.98% in Q4 2025.

Balchem (BCPC) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.91% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 72.0% year-over-year to 13.91% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.91% (up 72.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 14.39%, up 159.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed steadied at 13.91% in Q1 2026 per BCPC's latest filing, from 13.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.98% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 9.35% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.54% (2024), against an average of 11.69%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 325 bps; it then surged 199 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing BCPC's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 9.75% in 2022, then increased by 12 bps to 10.96% in 2023, then climbed by 17 bps to 12.8% in 2024, then rose by 9 bps to 13.98% in 2025, then retreated by 0 bps to 13.91% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BCPC Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 13.91% (Q1 2026), 13.98% (Q4 2025), and 13.25% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 12.89%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 20.78%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 14.59%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 6.05%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 13.59%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn -1.10%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 6.09%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 7.03%
10 Balchem 4.98 Bn 4.91 Bn 101.08 Mn 13.91%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.91%
Dec 31, 2025 13.98%
Sep 30, 2025 13.25%
Jun 30, 2025 13.11%
Mar 31, 2025 13.20%
Dec 31, 2024 12.80%
Sep 30, 2024 11.77%
Jun 30, 2024 11.54%
Mar 31, 2024 11.34%
Dec 31, 2023 10.96%
Sep 30, 2023 10.25%
Jun 30, 2023 9.55%
Mar 31, 2023 9.35%
Dec 31, 2022 9.75%
Sep 30, 2022 9.86%
Jun 30, 2022 11.51%
Mar 31, 2022 12.60%
Dec 31, 2021 12.19%
Sep 30, 2021 11.44%
Jun 30, 2021 11.13%
Mar 31, 2021 10.70%
Dec 31, 2020 10.40%
Sep 30, 2020 9.73%
Jun 30, 2020 9.45%
Mar 31, 2020 9.41%
Dec 31, 2019 9.92%
Sep 30, 2019 10.35%
Jun 30, 2019 10.86%
Mar 31, 2019 11.65%
Dec 31, 2018 11.88%
Sep 30, 2018 11.52%
Jun 30, 2018 11.30%
Mar 31, 2018 11.69%
Dec 31, 2017 11.36%
Sep 30, 2017 10.88%
Jun 30, 2017 10.91%
Mar 31, 2017 10.88%
Dec 31, 2016 10.73%
Sep 30, 2016 10.09%
Jun 30, 2016 9.97%
Mar 31, 2016 10.50%
Dec 31, 2015 11.74%
Sep 30, 2015 12.36%
Jun 30, 2015 12.83%
Mar 31, 2015 12.03%
Dec 31, 2014 10.81%
Sep 30, 2014 3.63%
Jun 30, 2014 3.68%
Mar 31, 2014 5.84%
Dec 31, 2013 6.94%
Sep 30, 2013 19.93%
Jun 30, 2013 20.85%
Mar 31, 2013 21.26%
Dec 31, 2012 21.51%
Sep 30, 2012 8.18%
Jun 30, 2012 8.23%
Mar 31, 2012 8.13%
Dec 31, 2011 11.64%
Sep 30, 2011 27.85%