Cohu (COHU) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Cohu (COHU) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 4.78% for Q1 2026, up 427.0% on a YoY basis from 0.91% in Q1 2025, and up 29.94% on a QoQ basis from 6.82% in Q4 2025.

Cohu (COHU) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cohu (COHU) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 4.78% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 4.78%, up 427.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.78% (up 427.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.89%, up 35.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 4.78% in Q1 2026, from 6.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 18.0% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 9.19% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 1.75% across 5 years, with a median of 0.53% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 1256 bps in 2022, then plunged 1192 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.94% in 2022, then plunged by 66 bps to 4.1% in 2023, then tumbled by 288 bps to 7.7% in 2024, then advanced by 11 bps to 6.82% in 2025, then increased by 30 bps to 4.78% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 4.78%, 6.82%, and 8.44% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Asml Holding 636.08 Bn 620.57 Bn 5.90 Bn 59.95%
2 Applied Materials 406.04 Bn 399.30 Bn 3.95 Bn 27.69%
3 Lam Research 369.24 Bn 364.49 Bn 2.91 Bn 46.86%
4 Kla 240.65 Bn 238.86 Bn 2.09 Bn 41.84%
5 Teradyne 58.07 Bn 57.82 Bn 780.95 Mn 30.40%
6 Qnity Electronics 27.70 Bn 26.85 Bn 618.00 Mn 9.95%
7 Entegris 18.25 Bn 17.80 Bn 380.80 Mn 6.05%
8 Onto Innovation 12.83 Bn 12.17 Bn 146.39 Mn 4.77%
9 Amkor Technology 12.41 Bn 9.90 Bn 318.59 Mn 9.35%
10 Cohu 2.25 Bn 1.76 Bn 57.91 Mn -4.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 -4.78%
Dec 27, 2025 -6.82%
Sep 27, 2025 -8.44%
Jun 28, 2025 -9.19%
Mar 29, 2025 -9.05%
Dec 28, 2024 -7.70%
Sep 28, 2024 -5.23%
Jun 29, 2024 -2.71%
Mar 30, 2024 0.53%
Dec 30, 2023 4.10%
Sep 30, 2023 6.69%
Jul 1, 2023 9.19%
Apr 1, 2023 11.08%
Dec 31, 2022 11.94%
Sep 24, 2022 11.06%
Jun 25, 2022 11.07%
Mar 26, 2022 18.00%
Dec 25, 2021 18.77%
Sep 25, 2021 18.10%
Jun 26, 2021 16.87%