Cae (CAE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)
Cae (CAE) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.45% for Q4 2025, little changed quarter-over-quarter from 6.47% in Q3 2025.
Cae (CAE) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Cae has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 years, with the latest figure at 6.45% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 6.45%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 6.45% (changed N/A YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.94%, up 572.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 6.45%, roughly flat from 6.47% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 6.88% in Q2 2025, with the low at 2.76% in Q2 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 4.3% across 5 years, with a median of 3.77% in 2023.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 566 bps — and 2023, when it surged 172 bps.
- Cae's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.83% in 2021, then rose by 26 bps to 3.55% in 2022, then rose by 3 bps to 3.65% in 2023, then jumped by 45 bps to 5.31% in 2024, then rose by 21 bps to 6.45% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 6.45% (Q4 2025), 6.47% (Q3 2025), and 6.88% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEFSEC Technologies | 5,800.52 Bn | 5,800.51 Bn | 456,459.43 | -265.55% |
| 2 | General Electric | 350.38 Bn | 339.64 Bn | 9.11 Bn | -9.24% |
| 3 | Rtx | 247.38 Bn | 242.28 Bn | 9.08 Bn | 8.75% |
| 4 | Boeing | 172.78 Bn | 151.88 Bn | 2.55 Bn | 7.00% |
| 5 | Lockheed Martin | 124.10 Bn | 122.20 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 19.82% |
| 6 | Howmet Aerospace | 105.98 Bn | 103.55 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 23.50% |
| 7 | General Dynamics | 97.12 Bn | 93.47 Bn | 9.09 Bn | 14.01% |
| 8 | Embraer | 89.26 Bn | 86.64 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman | 78.12 Bn | 76.03 Bn | 3.45 Bn | 6.49% |
| 10 | Cae | 60.32 Bn | 60.71 Bn | 232.20 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.45% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.47% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.31% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.97% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.77% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.47% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.31% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.93% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.06% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.91% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 5.34% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.07% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 8.73% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 9.49% |