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% quarter-over-quarter from 11.75% in Q4 2025.

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

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

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.64%, up 225.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.64% (up 225.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.87%, up 208.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 10.64% in Q1 2026 per ERII's latest filing, from 11.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 13.05% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 4.26% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 8.33% and a median of 8.39% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • On a YoY basis, Return on Capital Employed climbed as much as 582 bps in 2022 and fell as far as 1081 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 13.05% in 2022, then slumped by 33 bps to 8.81% in 2023, then fell by 2 bps to 8.6% in 2024, then soared by 37 bps to 11.75% in 2025, then dropped by 9 bps to 10.64% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ERII's Return on Capital Employed at 10.64% in Q1 2026, 11.75% in Q4 2025, and 9.59% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Aduro Clean Technologies 856.39 Bn 856.36 Bn - -
2 Veralto 20.76 Bn 19.33 Bn 854.00 Mn 22.73%
3 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 8.35 Bn 8.08 Bn 205.80 Mn 12.28%
4 Federal Signal 7.20 Bn 7.13 Bn 179.40 Mn 17.72%
5 Ceco Environmental 3.52 Bn 3.48 Bn 63.92 Mn 8.27%
6 PureCycle Technologies 1.57 Bn 1.47 Bn - -22.66%
7 Energy Recovery 497.64 Mn 411.49 Mn 2.70 Mn 10.64%
8 CleanCore Solutions 210.18 Mn 193.13 Mn -419,259.00 -67.00%
9 Arq 118.94 Mn 114.26 Mn 9.94 Mn -29.31%
10 374Water 38.06 Mn 38.06 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%