Eastman Chemical (EMN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Eastman Chemical (EMN) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 6.02% for Q2 2026, down 344.0% year-over-year from 2.47% in Q2 2025, and up 11.53% on a QoQ basis from 5.39% in Q1 2026.
Eastman Chemical (EMN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Eastman Chemical has reported Return on Capital Employed for 18 years, with the latest figure at 6.02% in Q2 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 6.02%, down 344.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 6.02% (down 344.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.27%, down 420.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 6.02% in Q2 2026, from 5.39% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 14.17% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 5.39% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 9.58% and a median of 9.9% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 929 bps; it then slumped 670 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.01% in 2022, then rose by 8 bps to 10.82% in 2023, then declined by 5 bps to 10.28% in 2024, then plunged by 38 bps to 6.33% in 2025, then decreased by 5 bps to 6.02% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 6.02% in Q2 2026, 5.39% in Q1 2026, and 6.33% in Q4 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.02% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.39% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.20% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.46% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.27% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.28% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.33% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.93% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.82% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.47% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.01% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.04% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.78% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.92% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.96% |