Growth Metrics

Clearfield (CLFD) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Clearfield has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 1.56% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 607.0% to 1.56% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.56% through Dec 2025, up 607.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.77% for FY2025, 696.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 1.56% for Q4 2025 at Clearfield, up from 1.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 42.03% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 6.58% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 14.46% (2023), against an average of 13.61%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 1820bps in 2021 and then tumbled -3062bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 31.5% in 2021, then dropped by -11bps to 28.01% in 2022, then tumbled by -87bps to 3.59% in 2023, then tumbled by -226bps to 4.52% in 2024, then soared by 135bps to 1.56% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CLFD's Return on Capital Employed are 1.56% (Q4 2025), 1.48% (Q3 2025), and 0.25% (Q2 2025).