Growth Metrics

Consolidated Water (CWCO) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Consolidated Water (CWCO) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.44% for Q1 2026, up 69.0% year-over-year from 0.85% in Q1 2025, and down 26.25% on a QoQ basis from 1.96% in Q4 2025.

Consolidated Water (CWCO) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.44% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 69.0% year-over-year to 1.44% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.44% (up 69.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.02%, down 9.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed declined to 1.44% in Q1 2026 per CWCO's latest filing, from 1.96% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 15.36% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.0% (2024), against an average of 4.11%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 1108 bps; it then sank 1516 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing CWCO's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 5.57% in 2022, then decreased by 25 bps to 4.18% in 2023, then plunged by 52 bps to 2.01% in 2024, then dropped by 3 bps to 1.96% in 2025, then retreated by 26 bps to 1.44% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CWCO Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 1.44% (Q1 2026), 1.96% (Q4 2025), and 1.22% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 6.08%
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn -
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 0.54%
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn 8.10%
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 3.21%
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 3.52%
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn 4.45%
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 1.44%
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 0.62%
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 3.42%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.44%
Dec 31, 2025 1.96%
Sep 30, 2025 1.22%
Jun 30, 2025 0.86%
Mar 31, 2025 0.75%
Dec 31, 2024 2.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.20%
Jun 30, 2024 3.00%
Mar 31, 2024 5.46%
Dec 31, 2023 4.18%
Sep 30, 2023 15.36%
Jun 30, 2023 10.50%
Mar 31, 2023 6.91%
Dec 31, 2022 5.57%
Sep 30, 2022 4.28%
Jun 30, 2022 4.33%
Mar 31, 2022 1.89%
Dec 31, 2021 1.19%
Sep 30, 2021 0.79%
Jun 30, 2021 0.82%
Mar 31, 2021 3.30%
Dec 31, 2020 4.82%
Sep 30, 2020 5.98%
Jun 30, 2020 6.49%
Mar 31, 2020 6.41%
Dec 31, 2019 5.82%
Sep 30, 2019 10.24%
Jun 30, 2019 9.64%
Mar 31, 2019 4.85%
Sep 30, 2018 2.80%
Jun 30, 2018 1.90%
Mar 31, 2018 1.10%
Dec 31, 2017 1.45%
Sep 30, 2017 2.81%
Jun 30, 2017 0.80%
Mar 31, 2017 1.68%
Dec 31, 2016 1.46%
Sep 30, 2016 1.84%
Jun 30, 2016 4.55%
Mar 31, 2016 5.12%
Dec 31, 2015 5.69%
Sep 30, 2015 0.81%
Jun 30, 2015 0.52%
Mar 31, 2015 0.72%
Dec 31, 2014 -0.41%
Sep 30, 2014 4.29%
Jun 30, 2014 3.81%
Mar 31, 2014 3.90%
Dec 31, 2013 5.42%
Sep 30, 2013 5.34%
Jun 30, 2013 5.68%
Mar 31, 2013 4.99%
Dec 31, 2012 4.93%
Sep 30, 2012 4.62%
Jun 30, 2012 9.40%
Mar 31, 2012 9.62%
Dec 31, 2011 3.98%
Sep 30, 2011 3.64%