Emerson Electric (EMR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Emerson Electric's (EMR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 14.32% in Q1 2026, up 92.0% YoY from 7.46% in Q1 2025, and up 0.63% on a QoQ basis from 14.23% in Q4 2025.
Emerson Electric (EMR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Emerson Electric (EMR) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.32% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 92.0% year-over-year to 14.32% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.32% (up 92.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 13.26%, up 334.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 14.32% in Q1 2026, from 14.23% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.3% in Q2 2022 to a low of 8.43% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 12.72% and a median of 13.5% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed slumped 637 bps — and 2025, when it surged 444 bps.
- Tracing EMR's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 14.95% in 2022, then tumbled by 40 bps to 8.92% in 2023, then grew by 23 bps to 10.98% in 2024, then grew by 30 bps to 14.23% in 2025, then grew by 1 bps to 14.32% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 14.32% (Q1 2026), 14.23% (Q4 2025), and 13.61% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.90% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.32% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.23% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.61% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.59% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.40% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.98% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.55% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.33% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.96% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.92% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.43% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.49% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.33% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.67% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 19.33% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 18.07% |