Growth Metrics

Curtiss Wright (CW) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Curtiss Wright's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 11.0% year-over-year to 0.14%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.14%, down 11.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.14% in Q4 2025 per CW's latest filing, down from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.92% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.12% in Q4 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.33%, with a median of 0.23% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: surged 79bps in 2024, then crashed -71bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then surged by 248bps to 0.42% in 2022, then plummeted by -67bps to 0.14% in 2023, then soared by 81bps to 0.25% in 2024, then tumbled by -43bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CW's Return on Invested Capital are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.45% (Q2 2025).