Exponent (EXPO) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Exponent's (EXPO) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 19.78% in Q2 2026, down 105.0% YoY from 395.54% in Q2 2025, and down 2.35% on a QoQ basis from 20.25% in Q1 2026.

Exponent (EXPO) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Exponent (EXPO) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 19.78% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 105.0% year-over-year to 19.78% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 19.78% (down 105.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 19.98%, down 180.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 19.78% in Q2 2026, from 20.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 35.07% in Q3 2022 to a low of 18.31% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 23.96% and a median of 22.1% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 1451 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 1081 bps.
  • Tracing EXPO's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 34.04% in 2022, then retreated by 29 bps to 24.06% in 2023, then decreased by 22 bps to 18.8% in 2024, then gained by 4 bps to 19.47% in 2025, then rose by 2 bps to 19.78% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 19.78% (Q2 2026), 20.25% (Q1 2026), and 19.47% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 102.18 Bn 101.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.55%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 72.82 Bn 70.97 Bn 844.23 Mn 25.26%
3 Ferrovial 47.62 Bn 42.63 Bn - -
4 Emcor 36.31 Bn 35.39 Bn 1.02 Bn 29.45%
5 Mastec 20.38 Bn 20.19 Bn 556.28 Mn 14.60%
6 Sterling Infrastructure 19.23 Bn 18.73 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
7 APi 17.20 Bn 16.35 Bn 703.00 Mn 8.75%
8 Jacobs Solutions 16.40 Bn 15.02 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
9 IES Holdings 15.99 Bn 15.73 Bn 340.66 Mn 41.31%
10 Exponent 3.40 Bn 3.28 Bn 138.99 Mn 19.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 19.78%
Jan 2, 2026 20.25%
Oct 3, 2025 19.47%
Jul 4, 2025 18.31%
Apr 4, 2025 20.82%
Jan 3, 2025 20.01%
Sep 27, 2024 18.80%
Jun 28, 2024 22.10%
Mar 29, 2024 21.55%
Dec 29, 2023 24.06%
Sep 29, 2023 24.27%
Jun 30, 2023 25.57%
Mar 31, 2023 28.51%
Dec 30, 2022 34.04%
Sep 30, 2022 35.07%
Jul 1, 2022 31.07%
Apr 1, 2022 23.72%
Dec 31, 2021 22.79%
Oct 1, 2021 20.57%
Jul 2, 2021 19.28%