Growth Metrics

Eastern (EML) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Eastern filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 4.43% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 537.0% to 4.43% in Q2 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Apr 2026 was 4.43%, a 537.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 5.38%, down 475.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 4.43% in Q2 2026 for Eastern, down from 5.38% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.93% in Q4 2022 to a low of 1.92% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 9.14% (2025), compared with a mean of 7.92%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -571bps in 2022 and later surged 861bps in 2023.
  • Eastern's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.93% in 2022, then fell by -12bps to 10.54% in 2023, then fell by -6bps to 9.86% in 2024, then tumbled by -41bps to 5.8% in 2025, then fell by -24bps to 4.43% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 4.43% (Q2 2026), 5.38% (Q1 2026), and 5.8% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.