Ford Motor (F-PD) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Ford Motor has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 4.0% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 4.0%, down 645.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.0% (down 645.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.32%, down 835.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.0% for Q1 2026 at Ford Motor, up from 5.09% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 4.39% in Q1 2023 to a low of 5.09% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 2.68% (2024), against an average of 2.16%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 266 bps in 2022 and tumbled 800 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Ford Motor's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.06% in 2022, then dropped by 21 bps to 3.23% in 2023, then retreated by 10 bps to 2.91% in 2024, then slumped by 275 bps to 5.09% in 2025, then gained by 21 bps to 4.0% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.0% (Q1 2026), 5.09% (Q4 2025), and 2.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.