Elbit Systems (ESLT) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)
Elbit Systems (ESLT) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 10.34% for Q4 2025, up 160.0% year-over-year from 3.98% in Q4 2024, and up 9.2% quarter-over-quarter from 9.47% in Q3 2025.
Elbit Systems (ESLT) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Elbit Systems (ESLT) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 10.34% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.
- In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 160.0% year-over-year to 10.34%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 10.34% (up 160.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 11.5%, up 180.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed climbed to 10.34% in Q4 2025 per ESLT's latest filing, from 9.47% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.34% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 7.25% in Q1 2022.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 8.39% across 5 years, with a median of 8.09% in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 81 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 190 bps.
- Elbit Systems' Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.02% in 2021, then retreated by 9 bps to 7.27% in 2022, then gained by 5 bps to 7.61% in 2023, then gained by 15 bps to 8.74% in 2024, then rose by 18 bps to 10.34% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows ESLT's Return on Capital Employed at 10.34% in Q4 2025, 9.47% in Q3 2025, and 9.53% in Q2 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.34% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.47% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.53% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.65% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.74% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.09% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.75% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.61% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.90% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.45% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.43% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.27% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.90% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.25% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.02% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.62% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 7.81% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 10.27% |