Growth Metrics

Commercial Metals (CMC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Commercial Metals has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.78% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.78% for Q1 2026, up 70.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Feb 2026 was 0.78% (up 70.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 1.13%, down 12.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.78% at Commercial Metals, up from 0.88% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CMC hit a ceiling of 0.78% in Q1 2026 and a floor of 1.48% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 1.04% (2022), compared with a mean of 1.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 211bps in 2022 and later crashed -50bps in 2025.
  • Commercial Metals' Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.04% in 2022, then rose by 5bps to 0.99% in 2023, then crashed by -48bps to 1.46% in 2024, then soared by 40bps to 0.88% in 2025, then increased by 11bps to 0.78% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.78% (Q1 2026), 0.88% (Q4 2025), and 1.11% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.