Cae (CAE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Cae (CAE) posted Return on Capital Employed of 8.67% for Q1 2026, up 4.03% on a QoQ basis from 8.33% in Q4 2025, and up 151.0% year-over-year from 3.45% in Q1 2025.
Cae (CAE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cae's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 8.67% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 151.0% year-over-year to 8.67% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.67% (up 151.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 6.97%, down 216.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed was 8.67% for Q1 2026 at Cae, up from 8.33% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 8.74% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 3.04% in Q2 2022.
- A 5-year average of 5.77% and a median of 5.98% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 570 bps — and 2023, when it sank 36 bps.
- Cae's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.1% in 2022, then gained by 20 bps to 4.92% in 2023, then surged by 55 bps to 7.65% in 2024, then advanced by 9 bps to 8.33% in 2025, then climbed by 4 bps to 8.67% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CAE's Return on Capital Employed at 8.67% in Q1 2026, 8.33% in Q4 2025, and 8.74% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.67% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.06% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.16% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.98% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.14% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.92% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.46% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.45% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.46% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.10% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.77% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.04% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.82% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.14% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.35% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.36% |