Core Molding Technologies (CMT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Core Molding Technologies (CMT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.5% for Q1 2026, down 219.0% year-over-year from 5.46% in Q1 2025, and down 13.22% on a QoQ basis from 7.49% in Q4 2025.
Core Molding Technologies (CMT) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.5% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 219.0% year-over-year to 6.5% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.5% (down 219.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.7%, down 185.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 6.5% in Q1 2026 per CMT's latest filing, from 7.49% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 16.61% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 6.34% in Q3 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.46% (2024), against an average of 10.81%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed tumbled 703 bps; it then jumped 916 bps in 2023.
- Tracing CMT's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 12.02% in 2022, then jumped by 31 bps to 15.72% in 2023, then tumbled by 40 bps to 9.36% in 2024, then retreated by 20 bps to 7.49% in 2025, then slipped by 13 bps to 6.5% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest CMT Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 6.5% (Q1 2026), 7.49% (Q4 2025), and 6.34% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
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| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 13.59% |
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| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 7.03% |
| 10 | Core Molding Technologies | 201.15 Mn | 177.64 Mn | 11.98 Mn | 6.50% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.50% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.49% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.34% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.88% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.69% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.46% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.60% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.72% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 16.61% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.43% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.74% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.02% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.51% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.89% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 14.24% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 9.08% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.77% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 2.46% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -5.40% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -3.11% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -11.16% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -11.15% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -5.08% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -5.29% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 1.26% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 3.10% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 5.24% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 6.96% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 8.87% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 9.14% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 8.68% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 10.26% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 10.55% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 12.43% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 16.15% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 17.47% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 18.05% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 18.20% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 17.32% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 17.74% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 15.80% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 15.32% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 14.31% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 13.59% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 15.11% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 13.84% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 15.28% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 17.14% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 18.20% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 23.73% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 25.26% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 25.48% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 24.65% |