Growth Metrics

Compass Minerals International (CMP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Compass Minerals International has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 4.8% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 932.0% to 4.8% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.8% through Dec 2025, up 932.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.93% for FY2025, 965.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 4.8% for Q4 2025 at Compass Minerals International, up from 2.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 11.96% in Q4 2021 and troughed at 8.34% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.18% (2025), against an average of 2.84%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed crashed -1350bps in 2024 and then skyrocketed 1034bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.96% in 2021, then crashed by -70bps to 3.55% in 2022, then plummeted by -107bps to 0.26% in 2023, then plummeted by -1673bps to 4.52% in 2024, then surged by 206bps to 4.8% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CMP's Return on Capital Employed are 4.8% (Q4 2025), 2.0% (Q3 2025), and 1.3% (Q2 2025).