Growth Metrics

Columbus Mckinnon (CMCO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Columbus Mckinnon's Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 2.58% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 234.0% to 2.58% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.58% through Dec 2025, down 234.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 3.58% for FY2025, 356.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.58% for Q4 2025, down from 2.67% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.94% in Q4 2023 to a low of 2.58% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.3% (2024), against an average of 5.21%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -527bps in 2021 and then soared 206bps in 2022.
  • Columbus Mckinnon's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.57% in 2021, then surged by 45bps to 6.63% in 2022, then grew by 5bps to 6.94% in 2023, then decreased by -29bps to 4.92% in 2024, then tumbled by -48bps to 2.58% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CMCO's Return on Capital Employed are 2.58% (Q4 2025), 2.67% (Q3 2025), and 2.59% (Q2 2025).