Growth Metrics

Dover (DOV) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Dover filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 12.62% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 66.0% to 12.62% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 12.62%, a 66.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 13.15%, up 75.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 12.62% in Q1 2026 for Dover, roughly flat from 12.6% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.7% in Q3 2022 to a low of 11.92% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 14.05% (2024), compared with a mean of 13.92%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 174bps in 2022 and later plummeted -276bps in 2024.
  • Dover's Return on Capital Employed stood at 15.99% in 2022, then fell by -7bps to 14.81% in 2023, then dropped by -19bps to 12.05% in 2024, then rose by 5bps to 12.6% in 2025, then rose by 0bps to 12.62% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 12.62% (Q1 2026), 12.6% (Q4 2025), and 11.94% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.