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

Cohu (COHU) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.27% in Q1 2026, up 121.34% quarter-over-quarter from 1.28% in Q4 2025, and up 932.0% on a YoY basis from 0.03% in Q1 2025.

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

Cohu's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.27% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 932.0% year-over-year to 0.27%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.27% (up 932.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.29%, up 595.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.27% for Q1 2026 at Cohu, up from 1.28% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.94% in Q4 2022 to a low of 9.19% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.32% across 5 years, with a median of 1.28% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed plunged 2188 bps in 2022, then surged 1352 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.94% in 2022, then slumped by 66 bps to 4.1% in 2023, then sank by 288 bps to 7.7% in 2024, then jumped by 83 bps to 1.28% in 2025, then surged by 121 bps to 0.27% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.27% (Q1 2026), 1.28% (Q4 2025), and 8.44% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Asml Holding 14,996,080.76 Bn 14,996,065.25 Bn 5.90 Bn 59.95%
2 Lam Research 409.52 Bn 404.77 Bn 2.91 Bn 46.86%
3 Applied Materials 389.06 Bn 382.32 Bn 3.95 Bn 27.69%
4 Kla 280.01 Bn 275.05 Bn 2.09 Bn 41.84%
5 Teradyne 57.58 Bn 57.34 Bn 780.95 Mn 14.85%
6 Qnity Electronics 30.30 Bn 30.47 Bn 618.00 Mn 9.95%
7 Entegris 20.39 Bn 19.94 Bn 380.80 Mn 6.05%
8 Amkor Technology 17.53 Bn 15.72 Bn 239.03 Mn 8.44%
9 Onto Innovation 13.62 Bn 12.97 Bn 146.39 Mn 0.21%
10 Cohu - - 57.91 Mn 0.27%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 0.27%
Dec 27, 2025 -1.28%
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 -4.32%
Jun 25, 2022 -4.32%
Mar 26, 2022 3.01%
Dec 25, 2021 3.76%
Sep 25, 2021 17.56%
Jun 26, 2021 16.26%