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

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DateValue
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%