American Battery Materials (BLTH) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

American Battery Materials (BLTH) reported Return on Capital Employed of 16.77% for Q1 2026, down 507.0% year-over-year from 4.12% in Q1 2025, and down 7.7% quarter-over-quarter from 18.17% in Q4 2025.

American Battery Materials (BLTH) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

American Battery Materials (BLTH) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 16.77% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.77%, down 507.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.77% (down 507.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 18.03%, down 507.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 16.77% in Q1 2026 per BLTH's latest filing, from 18.17% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 124.81% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 5.44% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 42.5% and a median of 25.23% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed surged 11687 bps in 2023, then slumped 8799 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 88.56% in 2022, then dropped by 4 bps to 85.13% in 2023, then slumped by 73 bps to 23.04% in 2024, then declined by 21 bps to 18.17% in 2025, then fell by 8 bps to 16.77% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BLTH's Return on Capital Employed at 16.77% in Q1 2026, 18.17% in Q4 2025, and 20.43% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Elevra Lithium 556.97 Bn 556.92 Bn - -
2 Bhp 421.29 Bn 411.77 Bn - -
3 Skeena Resources 17.36 Bn 17.34 Bn - -
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn - -
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn -3.89%
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn - -
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn 7.14%
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn -20,966.96%
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn -
10 American Battery Materials - - - 16.77%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.77%
Dec 31, 2025 18.17%
Sep 30, 2025 20.43%
Jun 30, 2025 25.23%
Mar 31, 2025 21.84%
Dec 31, 2024 23.04%
Sep 30, 2024 29.99%
Jun 30, 2024 36.82%
Mar 31, 2024 58.75%
Dec 31, 2023 85.13%
Sep 30, 2023 82.51%
Jun 30, 2023 124.81%
Mar 31, 2023 67.01%
Dec 31, 2022 88.56%
Sep 30, 2022 10.12%
Jun 30, 2022 7.94%
Mar 31, 2022 5.44%
Dec 31, 2021 4.94%
Sep 30, 2021 4.15%
Jun 30, 2021 3.74%