Cummins (CMI) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Cummins (CMI) posted Return on Capital Employed of 15.97% for Q1 2026, down 3.99% on a QoQ basis from 16.63% in Q4 2025, and down 339.0% year-over-year from 6.68% in Q1 2025.

Cummins (CMI) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cummins' Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 15.97% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 339.0% year-over-year to 15.97% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 15.97% (down 339.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 17.38%, down 88.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 15.97% for Q1 2026 at Cummins, down from 16.63% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 19.36% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 8.2% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 14.97% and a median of 16.01% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 949 bps — and 2025, when it surged 1116 bps.
  • Cummins' Return on Capital Employed stood at 15.74% in 2022, then sank by 42 bps to 9.2% in 2023, then jumped by 98 bps to 18.24% in 2024, then retreated by 9 bps to 16.63% in 2025, then fell by 4 bps to 15.97% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CMI's Return on Capital Employed at 15.97% in Q1 2026, 16.63% in Q4 2025, and 16.1% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 270.93 Bn 257.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 8.04%
2 Eaton 156.55 Bn 155.79 Bn 2.65 Bn 14.09%
3 Parker-Hannifin 124.04 Bn 123.57 Bn 2.02 Bn 18.36%
4 Cummins 91.66 Bn 88.48 Bn 2.24 Bn 15.97%
5 Emerson Electric 82.90 Bn 81.11 Bn 2.42 Bn 14.32%
6 Illinois Tool Works 81.54 Bn 80.71 Bn 1.76 Bn 39.40%
7 Ametek 55.40 Bn 54.92 Bn 717.56 Mn 14.67%
8 Rockwell Automation 51.78 Bn 51.35 Bn 1.13 Bn 31.32%
9 Ingersoll Rand 32.99 Bn 31.71 Bn 792.40 Mn 6.93%
10 Xylem 29.09 Bn 28.28 Bn 803.00 Mn 8.50%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.97%
Dec 31, 2025 16.63%
Sep 30, 2025 16.10%
Jun 30, 2025 17.95%
Mar 31, 2025 19.36%
Dec 31, 2024 18.24%
Sep 30, 2024 8.99%
Jun 30, 2024 8.35%
Mar 31, 2024 8.20%
Dec 31, 2023 9.20%
Sep 30, 2023 18.16%
Jun 30, 2023 16.80%
Mar 31, 2023 17.69%
Dec 31, 2022 15.74%
Sep 30, 2022 15.80%
Jun 30, 2022 16.01%
Mar 31, 2022 15.24%
Dec 31, 2021 16.60%
Oct 3, 2021 17.78%
Jul 4, 2021 17.58%