Growth Metrics

ClearSign Technologies (CLIR) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

ClearSign Technologies posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 75.73% for Q1 2026, down 1814.0% year-on-year from 4.42% in Q1 2025, and down 12.15% on a QoQ basis from 67.52% in Q4 2025.

ClearSign Technologies (CLIR) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 75.73% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 1814.0% year-over-year to 75.73%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 75.73% (down 1814.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 57.27%, up 1070.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 75.73%, down from 67.52% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 38.99% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 108.03% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 68.68% (2023), against an average of 71.91%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 5373 bps in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 3935 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 59.7% in 2022, then slumped by 66 bps to 98.81% in 2023, then soared by 54 bps to 45.43% in 2024, then plunged by 49 bps to 67.52% in 2025, then slipped by 12 bps to 75.73% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 75.73% (Q1 2026), 67.52% (Q4 2025), and 75.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 22.73%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 12.28%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 17.72%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 8.27%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -22.66%
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 10.64%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -67.00%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -29.31%
10 ClearSign Technologies 25.88 Mn 18.15 Mn -393,000.00 -75.73%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -75.73%
Dec 31, 2025 -67.52%
Sep 30, 2025 -75.78%
Jun 30, 2025 -67.36%
Mar 31, 2025 -57.58%
Dec 31, 2024 -45.43%
Sep 30, 2024 -38.99%
Jun 30, 2024 -57.89%
Mar 31, 2024 -108.03%
Dec 31, 2023 -98.81%
Sep 30, 2023 -92.73%
Jun 30, 2023 -86.63%
Mar 31, 2023 -68.68%
Dec 31, 2022 -59.70%
Sep 30, 2022 -54.04%
Jun 30, 2022 -74.53%
Mar 31, 2022 -92.98%
Dec 31, 2021 -86.62%
Sep 30, 2021 -79.71%
Jun 30, 2021 -65.81%
Mar 31, 2021 -61.11%
Dec 31, 2020 -62.78%
Sep 30, 2020 -74.24%
Jun 30, 2020 -94.72%
Mar 31, 2020 -93.15%
Dec 31, 2019 -81.74%
Sep 30, 2019 -79.73%
Jun 30, 2019 -69.94%
Mar 31, 2019 -60.32%
Dec 31, 2018 -52.65%
Sep 30, 2018 -65.47%
Jun 30, 2018 -84.50%
Mar 31, 2018 -134.08%
Dec 31, 2017 -252.10%
Sep 30, 2017 -154.67%
Jun 30, 2017 -128.20%
Mar 31, 2017 -171.17%
Dec 31, 2016 -319.50%
Sep 30, 2016 -192.71%
Jun 30, 2016 -106.49%
Mar 31, 2016 -76.94%
Dec 31, 2015 -58.23%
Sep 30, 2015 -48.46%
Jun 30, 2015 -42.74%
Mar 31, 2015 -65.67%
Dec 31, 2014 -178.92%
Sep 30, 2014 -107.22%
Jun 30, 2014 -79.41%
Mar 31, 2014 -91.42%
Dec 31, 2013 -120.45%
Sep 30, 2013 -97.28%
Jun 30, 2013 -74.44%
Mar 31, 2013 -58.73%
Dec 31, 2012 -44.86%
Sep 30, 2012 -35.20%
Jun 30, 2012 -54.90%
Mar 31, 2012 -1,592.79%