Growth Metrics

Leonardo DRS (DRS) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Leonardo DRS posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.28% for Q1 2026, up 136.0% year-on-year from 4.78% in Q1 2025, and up 1.64% on a QoQ basis from 11.1% in Q4 2025.

Leonardo DRS (DRS) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.28% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 136.0% year-over-year to 11.28%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.28% (up 136.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 11.21%, up 123.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 11.28%, up from 11.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 26.75% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 7.78% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.91% (2022), against an average of 12.94%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed surged 1550 bps; it then plunged 1896 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 24.8% in 2022, then tumbled by 66 bps to 8.43% in 2023, then increased by 20 bps to 10.08% in 2024, then increased by 10 bps to 11.1% in 2025, then rose by 2 bps to 11.28% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.28% (Q1 2026), 11.1% (Q4 2025), and 11.1% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn -9.24%
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn 8.75%
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn 7.00%
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn 19.82%
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.50%
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn 14.01%
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn -10.40%
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn 6.49%
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 19.95%
10 Leonardo DRS 11.94 Bn 11.62 Bn 212.00 Mn 11.28%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.28%
Dec 31, 2025 11.10%
Sep 30, 2025 11.10%
Jun 30, 2025 10.35%
Mar 31, 2025 9.93%
Dec 31, 2024 10.08%
Sep 30, 2024 9.39%
Jun 30, 2024 9.02%
Mar 31, 2024 8.44%
Dec 31, 2023 8.43%
Sep 30, 2023 7.78%
Jun 30, 2023 19.42%
Mar 31, 2023 19.92%
Dec 31, 2022 24.80%
Sep 30, 2022 26.75%
Jun 30, 2022 10.91%
Mar 31, 2022 11.33%
Dec 31, 2021 11.87%
Sep 30, 2021 11.25%
Jun 30, 2021 10.82%
Mar 31, 2021 9.76%