Emcor (EME) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Emcor's (EME) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.32% in Q1 2026, down 3587.0% year-on-year from 0.07% in Q1 2025, and up 347.4% quarter-over-quarter from 0.52% in Q4 2025.

Emcor (EME) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Emcor has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 2.32% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 2.32%, down 3587.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.32% (down 3587.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.59%, down 4411.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.32% for Q1 2026 at Emcor, up from 0.52% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 39.96% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.52% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 26.96% (2023), against an average of 25.91%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 1111 bps in 2024 and tumbled 3944 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Emcor's Return on Capital Employed stood at 20.71% in 2022, then jumped by 46 bps to 30.21% in 2023, then jumped by 32 bps to 39.96% in 2024, then sank by 99 bps to 0.52% in 2025, then soared by 347 bps to 2.32% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.32% (Q1 2026), 0.52% (Q4 2025), and 38.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 103.91 Bn 103.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 10.73%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 65.18 Bn 64.13 Bn 754.41 Mn 15.88%
3 Emcor 36.65 Bn 35.73 Bn 863.95 Mn 2.32%
4 Mastec 28.10 Bn 27.94 Bn 477.90 Mn 12.69%
5 Sterling Infrastructure 27.31 Bn 26.80 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
6 APi 18.18 Bn 17.54 Bn 620.00 Mn 8.37%
7 IES Holdings 14.63 Bn 14.37 Bn 254.79 Mn 42.91%
8 Jacobs Solutions 14.18 Bn 12.80 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
9 Dycom Industries 13.76 Bn 13.05 Bn - -
10 TopBuild 11.17 Bn 10.90 Bn 400.25 Mn 13.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.32%
Dec 31, 2025 0.52%
Sep 30, 2025 38.78%
Jun 30, 2025 38.65%
Mar 31, 2025 38.19%
Dec 31, 2024 39.96%
Sep 30, 2024 38.06%
Jun 30, 2024 34.83%
Mar 31, 2024 30.49%
Dec 31, 2023 30.21%
Sep 30, 2023 26.96%
Jun 30, 2023 24.03%
Mar 31, 2023 21.22%
Dec 31, 2022 20.71%
Sep 30, 2022 20.00%
Jun 30, 2022 18.60%
Mar 31, 2022 16.90%
Dec 31, 2021 17.65%
Sep 30, 2021 17.72%
Jun 30, 2021 17.73%