Growth Metrics

Energy Recovery (ERII) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Energy Recovery (ERII) reported Return on Capital Employed of 10.64% for Q1 2026, up 225.0% year-over-year from 3.27% in Q1 2025, and down 9.47% on a QoQ basis from 11.75% in Q4 2025.

Energy Recovery (ERII) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.64% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 225.0% year-over-year to 10.64% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.64% (up 225.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.87%, up 208.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed declined to 10.64% in Q1 2026 per ERII's latest filing, from 11.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 13.05% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 4.26% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.39% (2025), against an average of 8.33%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 582 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 1081 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing ERII's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 13.05% in 2022, then plunged by 33 bps to 8.81% in 2023, then dropped by 2 bps to 8.6% in 2024, then jumped by 37 bps to 11.75% in 2025, then decreased by 9 bps to 10.64% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ERII Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 10.64% (Q1 2026), 11.75% (Q4 2025), and 9.59% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 22.73%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 12.28%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 17.72%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 8.27%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -22.66%
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 10.64%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -67.00%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -29.31%
10 374Water 42.95 Mn 42.95 Mn -2.43 Mn -293.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.64%
Dec 31, 2025 11.75%
Sep 30, 2025 9.59%
Jun 30, 2025 10.79%
Mar 31, 2025 8.39%
Dec 31, 2024 8.60%
Sep 30, 2024 6.21%
Jun 30, 2024 7.41%
Mar 31, 2024 7.01%
Dec 31, 2023 8.81%
Sep 30, 2023 6.53%
Jun 30, 2023 4.55%
Mar 31, 2023 4.26%
Dec 31, 2022 13.05%
Sep 30, 2022 9.06%
Jun 30, 2022 6.82%
Mar 31, 2022 8.09%
Dec 31, 2021 7.22%
Sep 30, 2021 6.05%
Jun 30, 2021 8.20%
Mar 31, 2021 18.89%
Dec 31, 2020 17.04%
Sep 30, 2020 14.99%
Jun 30, 2020 14.12%
Mar 31, 2020 4.75%
Dec 31, 2019 6.40%
Sep 30, 2019 8.01%
Jun 30, 2019 8.73%
Mar 31, 2019 9.01%
Dec 31, 2018 6.50%
Sep 30, 2018 8.62%
Jun 30, 2018 7.74%
Mar 31, 2018 5.62%
Dec 31, 2017 7.32%
Sep 30, 2017 5.85%
Jun 30, 2017 2.58%
Mar 31, 2017 2.12%
Dec 31, 2016 0.28%
Sep 30, 2016 -1.99%
Jun 30, 2016 -1.64%
Mar 31, 2016 -4.36%
Dec 31, 2015 -12.22%
Sep 30, 2015 -24.93%
Jun 30, 2015 -31.95%
Mar 31, 2015 -31.95%
Dec 31, 2014 -24.83%
Sep 30, 2014 -8.56%
Jun 30, 2014 -6.27%
Mar 31, 2014 -2.37%
Dec 31, 2013 -3.33%
Sep 30, 2013 -13.98%
Jun 30, 2013 -11.18%
Mar 31, 2013 -9.24%
Dec 31, 2012 -9.42%
Sep 30, 2012 -18.36%
Jun 30, 2012 -23.06%
Mar 31, 2012 -27.31%
Dec 31, 2011 -24.20%
Sep 30, 2011 -12.49%