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-on-year from 3.98% in Q4 2024, and up 9.2% on a QoQ basis 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.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 160.0% year-over-year to 10.34% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 10.34% (up 160.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 11.5%, up 180.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 10.34% in Q4 2025 per ESLT's latest filing, from 9.47% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ESLT reached as high as 10.34% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 7.25% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 8.39% and a median of 8.09% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 81 bps — and 2025, when it soared 190 bps.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.02% in 2021, then dropped by 9 bps to 7.27% in 2022, then grew by 5 bps to 7.61% in 2023, then grew by 15 bps to 8.74% in 2024, then climbed by 18 bps to 10.34% in 2025.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 10.34%, 9.47%, and 9.53% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.
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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% |