Eastern (EML) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Eastern (EML) posted Return on Capital Employed of 4.43% for Q2 2026, down 17.64% on a QoQ basis from 5.38% in Q1 2026, and down 537.0% year-over-year from 1.01% in Q2 2025.

Eastern (EML) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Eastern's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.43% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 537.0% year-over-year to 4.43% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 4.43% (down 537.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 5.38%, down 475.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 4.43% for Q2 2026 at Eastern, down from 5.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.81% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.91% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 6.31% and a median of 8.25% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 927 bps — and 2024, when it soared 1077 bps.
  • Eastern's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.52% in 2022, then tumbled by 75 bps to 0.91% in 2023, then surged by 1180 bps to 9.86% in 2024, then slumped by 41 bps to 5.8% in 2025, then fell by 24 bps to 4.43% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EML's Return on Capital Employed at 4.43% in Q2 2026, 5.38% in Q1 2026, and 5.8% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Snap-on 20.52 Bn 18.79 Bn 635.20 Mn 18.49%
2 RBC Bearings 18.73 Bn 18.68 Bn 230.00 Mn 9.18%
3 Lincoln Electric Holdings 13.73 Bn 13.43 Bn 399.13 Mn 26.23%
4 Stanley Black & Decker 13.27 Bn 12.93 Bn 1.16 Bn -65.15%
5 Timken 9.80 Bn 9.96 Bn 394.00 Mn 9.71%
6 Toro 8.88 Bn 8.69 Bn 336.50 Mn 16.49%
7 Kennametal 2.66 Bn 2.59 Bn 207.98 Mn 9.45%
8 Hillman Solutions 1.55 Bn 1.52 Bn 168.58 Mn 4.98%
9 Eastern 147.40 Mn 139.23 Mn 11.93 Mn 4.43%
10 Chicago Rivet & Machine 9.81 Mn 8.36 Mn 958,459.00 -8.23%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 4.43%
Jan 3, 2026 5.38%
Sep 27, 2025 5.80%
Jun 28, 2025 8.49%
Mar 29, 2025 9.80%
Dec 28, 2024 9.86%
Sep 28, 2024 10.81%
Jun 29, 2024 9.86%
Mar 30, 2024 8.15%
Jul 1, 2023 -0.91%
Apr 1, 2023 0.23%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.52%
Oct 1, 2022 8.65%
Jul 2, 2022 8.35%
Oct 2, 2021 7.91%
Jul 3, 2021 7.02%
Apr 3, 2021 7.03%
Oct 3, 2020 7.34%
Jun 27, 2020 7.72%
Mar 28, 2020 7.70%