Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Esco Technologies (ESE) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 8.76% for Q1 2026, down 141.0% YoY from 21.35% in Q1 2025, and little changed sequentially from 8.74% in Q4 2025.

Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Esco Technologies has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 8.76% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 141.0% year-over-year to 8.76%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.76% (down 141.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.54%, up 18.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was little changed at 8.76% in Q1 2026, from 8.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ESE reached as high as 10.42% in Q4 2024 and fell as low as 6.24% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.67% (2024), against an average of 8.69%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 362 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 232 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 8.6% in 2022, then retreated by 1 bps to 8.48% in 2023, then gained by 23 bps to 10.42% in 2024, then slipped by 16 bps to 8.74% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 8.76% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 8.76%, 8.74%, and 7.88% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Coherent 3,591.32 Bn 3,590.02 Bn 679.95 Mn -26.06%
2 Novanta 69.39 Bn 69.00 Bn 113.58 Mn 5.63%
3 Keysight Technologies 57.75 Bn 55.57 Bn 995.00 Mn 9.45%
4 Teledyne Technologies 30.63 Bn 30.33 Bn 673.80 Mn 8.78%
5 Fortive 19.14 Bn 18.79 Bn 675.50 Mn 7.88%
6 Trimble 12.33 Bn 12.10 Bn 646.30 Mn 8.21%
7 Cognex 11.87 Bn 11.58 Bn 190.94 Mn 10.78%
8 Sensata Technologies Holding 6.78 Bn 6.14 Bn 286.30 Mn 4.26%
9 Garmin 4.63 Bn 1.93 Bn 1.04 Bn 20.58%
10 Esco Technologies 105.44 Mn 13.19 Mn 131.32 Mn 8.76%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 8.76%
Dec 31, 2025 8.74%
Sep 30, 2025 7.88%
Jun 30, 2025 9.07%
Mar 31, 2025 10.17%
Dec 31, 2024 10.42%
Sep 30, 2024 10.20%
Jun 30, 2024 8.67%
Mar 31, 2024 8.56%
Dec 31, 2023 8.48%
Sep 30, 2023 8.64%
Jun 30, 2023 9.13%
Mar 31, 2023 8.75%
Dec 31, 2022 8.60%
Sep 30, 2022 8.33%
Jun 30, 2022 7.04%
Mar 31, 2022 6.24%
Dec 31, 2021 6.14%
Sep 30, 2021 6.81%
Jun 30, 2021 3.43%