Growth Metrics

Compass Minerals International (CMP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Compass Minerals International (CMP) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 9.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.05%, a 9.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.02%, up 10.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Compass Minerals International, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.16% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.08% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 0.02% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 10bps in 2021, then decreased -15bps in 2022.
  • Compass Minerals International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.16% in 2021, then plummeted by -95bps to 0.01% in 2022, then soared by 540bps to 0.05% in 2023, then plummeted by -188bps to 0.05% in 2024, then soared by 206bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CMP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025).