Culp (CULP) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Culp's (CULP) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 11.03% in Q1 2026, up 1501.0% year-on-year from 0.69% in Q1 2025, and down 2.32% quarter-over-quarter from 10.78% in Q4 2025.

Culp (CULP) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Culp has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 11.03% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 11.03%, up 1501.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 11.03% (up 1501.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 23.17%, down 1282.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 11.03% for Q1 2026 at Culp, down from 10.78% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 8.12% in Q4 2022 to a low of 26.03% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.78% (2025), against an average of 8.24%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 2359 bps in 2023 and soared 1501 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Culp's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.12% in 2022, then slumped by 290 bps to 15.47% in 2023, then tumbled by 45 bps to 22.4% in 2024, then jumped by 52 bps to 10.78% in 2025, then retreated by 2 bps to 11.03% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.03% (Q1 2026), 10.78% (Q4 2025), and 12.96% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Albany International 1.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 99.79 Mn -3.02%
2 Unifi 74.74 Mn 46.27 Mn 9.12 Mn -0.60%
3 Ping An Biomedical 476,878.78 -4.65 Mn - -
4 Culp - - 5.32 Mn -11.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 1, 2026 -11.03%
Nov 2, 2025 -10.78%
Aug 3, 2025 -12.96%
Apr 27, 2025 -23.50%
Jan 26, 2025 -26.03%
Oct 27, 2024 -22.40%
Jul 28, 2024 -16.86%
Apr 28, 2024 -11.25%
Jan 28, 2024 -9.69%
Oct 29, 2023 -15.47%
Jul 30, 2023 5.80%
Apr 30, 2023 4.36%
Jan 29, 2023 1.50%
Oct 30, 2022 8.12%
Jul 31, 2022 -5.37%
May 1, 2022 0.42%
Jan 30, 2022 5.09%
Oct 31, 2021 6.87%
Aug 1, 2021 8.76%
May 2, 2021 7.96%