Growth Metrics

Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Esco Technologies has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 8.76% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 141.0% to 8.76% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 8.76% through Mar 2026, down 141.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.54% for FY2025, 18.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 8.76% for Q1 2026 at Esco Technologies, roughly flat 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.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.67% (2024), against an average of 8.69%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 362bps in 2022 and then crashed -232bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 8.6% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 8.48% in 2023, then grew by 23bps to 10.42% in 2024, then fell by -16bps to 8.74% in 2025, then increased by 0bps to 8.76% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ESE's Return on Capital Employed are 8.76% (Q1 2026), 8.74% (Q4 2025), and 7.88% (Q3 2025).