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

Exponent (EXPO) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 19.78% in Q2 2026, down 2.35% on a QoQ basis from 20.25% in Q1 2026, and down 105.0% year-over-year from 395.54% in Q2 2025.

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

Exponent has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 19.78% for 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 fell to 19.78% in Q2 2026, from 20.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 34.7% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 18.31% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 23.91% 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 1413 bps — and 2023, when it sank 1043 bps.
  • Tracing EXPO's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 34.04% in 2022, then slipped by 29 bps to 24.06% in 2023, then dropped by 22 bps to 18.8% in 2024, then climbed by 4 bps to 19.47% in 2025, then advanced by 2 bps to 19.78% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EXPO's Return on Capital Employed at 19.78% in Q2 2026, 20.25% in Q1 2026, and 19.47% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 103.91 Bn 103.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 10.73%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 65.18 Bn 64.13 Bn 754.41 Mn 15.88%
3 Emcor 36.65 Bn 35.73 Bn 863.95 Mn 2.32%
4 Mastec 28.10 Bn 27.94 Bn 477.90 Mn 12.69%
5 Sterling Infrastructure 27.31 Bn 26.80 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
6 APi 18.18 Bn 17.54 Bn 620.00 Mn 8.37%
7 IES Holdings 14.63 Bn 14.37 Bn 254.79 Mn 42.91%
8 Jacobs Solutions 14.18 Bn 12.80 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
9 Dycom Industries 13.76 Bn 13.05 Bn - -
10 Exponent 2.93 Bn 2.93 Bn 153.48 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 34.70%
Jul 1, 2022 30.73%
Apr 1, 2022 23.43%
Dec 31, 2021 22.48%
Oct 1, 2021 20.57%
Jul 2, 2021 19.28%