Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Esco Technologies (ESE) reported Return on Capital Employed of 8.76% for Q1 2026, down 141.0% year-over-year from 21.35% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 8.74% in Q4 2025.
Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Esco Technologies (ESE) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.76% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 8.76%, down 141.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.76% (down 141.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.54%, up 18.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed held at 8.76% in Q1 2026 per ESE's latest filing, from 8.74% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 10.42% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 6.24% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 8.69% and a median of 8.67% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed surged 362 bps in 2022, then plunged 232 bps in 2025.
- 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.
- Business Quant data shows ESE's Return on Capital Employed at 8.76% in Q1 2026, 8.74% in Q4 2025, and 7.88% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |