Electro Sensors (ELSE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Electro Sensors (ELSE) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.01% in Q4 2025, down 98.57% quarter-over-quarter from 0.94% in Q3 2025, and down 63.0% on a YoY basis from 0.04% in Q4 2024.

Electro Sensors (ELSE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Electro Sensors' Return on Capital Employed history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 63.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.01% (down 63.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.01%, down 64.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.01% for Q4 2025 at Electro Sensors, down from 0.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 3.27% in Q3 2021 to a low of 4.26% in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.26% across 5 years, with a median of 0.53% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed slumped 703 bps in 2022, then surged 649 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.73% in 2021, then sank by 85 bps to 0.11% in 2022, then slumped by 282 bps to 0.2% in 2023, then surged by 413 bps to 0.64% in 2024, then sank by 98 bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.94% (Q3 2025), and 0.89% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Coherent 67.67 Bn 66.37 Bn 679.95 Mn -26.06%
2 Keysight Technologies 57.00 Bn 54.83 Bn 995.00 Mn 9.45%
3 Garmin 45.82 Bn 43.12 Bn 1.04 Bn 20.58%
4 Teledyne Technologies 28.64 Bn 28.34 Bn 673.80 Mn 8.78%
5 Mks 21.67 Bn 21.10 Bn 507.00 Mn 8.73%
6 Fortive 19.42 Bn 19.07 Bn 675.50 Mn 7.88%
7 Trimble 12.42 Bn 12.19 Bn 646.30 Mn 8.21%
8 Cognex 10.23 Bn 9.94 Bn 190.94 Mn 10.78%
9 Esco Technologies 7.86 Bn 7.77 Bn 131.32 Mn 8.76%
10 Electro Sensors 26.58 Mn 15.98 Mn 1.39 Mn 0.01%

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.94%
Jun 30, 2025 0.89%
Mar 31, 2025 0.16%
Dec 31, 2024 0.64%
Sep 30, 2024 0.42%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.02%
Mar 31, 2024 0.07%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.20%
Sep 30, 2023 1.15%
Jun 30, 2023 2.23%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.82%
Dec 31, 2022 0.11%
Sep 30, 2022 -3.45%
Jun 30, 2022 -4.26%
Mar 31, 2022 0.66%
Dec 31, 2021 0.73%
Sep 30, 2021 3.27%
Jun 30, 2021 2.77%
Mar 31, 2021 0.79%