Growth Metrics

Cummins (CMI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Cummins filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 15.97% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 339.0% to 15.97% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 15.97%, a 339.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 17.38%, down 88.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 15.97% in Q1 2026 for Cummins, down from 16.63% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 19.36% in Q1 2025 to a low of 8.2% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 16.01% (2022), compared with a mean of 14.97%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -949bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 1116bps in 2025.
  • Cummins' Return on Capital Employed stood at 15.74% in 2022, then crashed by -42bps to 9.2% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 98bps to 18.24% in 2024, then dropped by -9bps to 16.63% in 2025, then fell by -4bps to 15.97% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 15.97% (Q1 2026), 16.63% (Q4 2025), and 16.1% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.