Ceco Environmental (CECO) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Ceco Environmental's (CECO) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.27% in Q1 2026, down 719.0% year-on-year from 1.34% in Q1 2025, and down 54.16% quarter-over-quarter from 18.03% in Q4 2025.

Ceco Environmental (CECO) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ceco Environmental has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 8.27% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 8.27%, down 719.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.27% (down 719.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.32%, up 1219.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.27% for Q1 2026 at Ceco Environmental, down from 18.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.03% in Q4 2025 to a low of 1.13% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.94% (2022), against an average of 6.56%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 1548 bps in 2025 and sank 719 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Ceco Environmental's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.43% in 2022, then declined by 21 bps to 1.13% in 2023, then surged by 602 bps to 7.94% in 2024, then soared by 127 bps to 18.03% in 2025, then plunged by 54 bps to 8.27% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.27% (Q1 2026), 18.03% (Q4 2025), and 17.17% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Aduro Clean Technologies 856.39 Bn 856.36 Bn - -
2 Veralto 20.76 Bn 19.33 Bn 854.00 Mn 22.73%
3 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 8.35 Bn 8.08 Bn 205.80 Mn 12.28%
4 Federal Signal 7.20 Bn 7.13 Bn 179.40 Mn 17.72%
5 Ceco Environmental 3.52 Bn 3.48 Bn 63.92 Mn 8.27%
6 PureCycle Technologies 1.57 Bn 1.47 Bn - -22.66%
7 Energy Recovery 497.64 Mn 411.49 Mn 2.70 Mn 10.64%
8 CleanCore Solutions 210.18 Mn 193.13 Mn -419,259.00 -67.00%
9 Arq 118.94 Mn 114.26 Mn 9.94 Mn -29.31%
10 374Water 38.06 Mn 38.06 Mn -2.43 Mn -293.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.27%
Dec 31, 2025 18.03%
Sep 30, 2025 17.17%
Jun 30, 2025 15.57%
Mar 31, 2025 15.46%
Dec 31, 2024 7.94%
Sep 30, 2024 1.69%
Jun 30, 2024 1.91%
Mar 31, 2024 1.69%
Dec 31, 2023 1.13%
Sep 30, 2023 3.39%
Jun 30, 2023 2.09%
Mar 31, 2023 1.44%
Dec 31, 2022 1.43%
Sep 30, 2022 5.51%
Jun 30, 2022 4.79%
Mar 31, 2022 3.94%
Dec 31, 2021 3.28%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.86%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.31%