Eastern (EML) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Eastern's (EML) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.43% in Q2 2026, down 537.0% YoY from 1.01% in Q2 2025, and down 17.64% on a QoQ basis from 5.38% in Q1 2026.
Eastern (EML) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Eastern (EML) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 4.43% in 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 eased to 4.43% in Q2 2026, from 5.38% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.81% in Q3 2024 to a low of 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 tumbled 927 bps — and 2024, when it soared 1077 bps.
- Tracing EML's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 0.52% in 2022, then sank by 75 bps to 0.91% in 2023, then soared by 1180 bps to 9.86% in 2024, then plunged by 41 bps to 5.8% in 2025, then dropped by 24 bps to 4.43% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.43% (Q2 2026), 5.38% (Q1 2026), and 5.8% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |