Core Laboratories (CLB) Return on Capital Employed (2023 - 2026)
Core Laboratories filings provide 4 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 1.48% for Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 981.0% to 1.48% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.48%, a 981.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 2.01%, down 1010.0% from a year prior.
- Return on Capital Employed hit 1.48% in Q1 2026 for Core Laboratories, down from 2.0% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.94% in Q4 2024 to a low of 1.47% in Q2 2024.
- Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 4 years was 6.66% (2023), compared with a mean of 6.51%.
- Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 1032bps in 2024 and later plummeted -994bps in 2025.
- Core Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.62% in 2023, then soared by 636bps to 11.94% in 2024, then tumbled by -83bps to 2.0% in 2025, then fell by -26bps to 1.48% in 2026.
- The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 1.48% (Q1 2026), 2.0% (Q4 2025), and 10.94% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.