Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Esco Technologies (ESE) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 9.83% for Q1 2026, up 26.0% year-over-year from 7.8% in Q1 2025, and up 23.3% quarter-over-quarter from 7.97% in Q4 2025.
Esco Technologies (ESE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Esco Technologies (ESE) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 9.83% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 26.0% year-over-year to 9.83%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.83% (up 26.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.54%, up 18.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 9.83% in Q1 2026 per ESE's latest filing, from 7.97% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.87% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 6.24% in Q1 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 8.6% across 5 years, with a median of 8.6% in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 362 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 305 bps.
- Esco Technologies' Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.6% in 2022, then retreated by 1 bps to 8.48% in 2023, then rose by 28 bps to 10.87% in 2024, then dropped by 27 bps to 7.97% in 2025, then gained by 23 bps to 9.83% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ESE's Return on Capital Employed at 9.83% in Q1 2026, 7.97% in Q4 2025, and 7.15% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 10.91% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.83% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.15% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.18% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.57% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.87% |
| 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% |