Flex (FLEX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Flex (FLEX) reported Return on Capital Employed of 14.52% for Q1 2026, up 73.0% year-over-year from 8.39% in Q1 2025, and up 4.07% quarter-over-quarter from 13.95% in Q4 2025.

Flex (FLEX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Flex (FLEX) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 14.52% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 14.52%, up 73.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.52% (up 73.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 16.67%, up 287.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed grew to 14.52% in Q1 2026 per FLEX's latest filing, from 13.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 14.52% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 7.92% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 11.34% and a median of 11.24% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed sank 336 bps in 2023, then jumped 587 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.24% in 2022, then retreated by 28 bps to 8.13% in 2023, then jumped by 34 bps to 10.89% in 2024, then gained by 28 bps to 13.95% in 2025, then rose by 4 bps to 14.52% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FLEX's Return on Capital Employed at 14.52% in Q1 2026, 13.95% in Q4 2025, and 13.9% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Amphenol 201.92 Bn 196.89 Bn 2.80 Bn 6.56%
2 Corning 167.41 Bn 166.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 9.81%
3 TE Connectivity 63.90 Bn 62.94 Bn 1.75 Bn 17.36%
4 Flex 54.73 Bn 53.09 Bn 702.00 Mn 14.52%
5 Celestica 42.91 Bn 42.53 Bn 437.20 Mn 44.58%
6 Jabil 39.52 Bn 37.70 Bn 746.00 Mn 27.17%
7 Ttm Technologies 22.37 Bn 21.95 Bn 181.18 Mn 2.29%
8 Fabrinet 20.58 Bn 19.64 Bn 144.34 Mn 18.70%
9 Vicor 15.04 Bn 14.64 Bn 62.37 Mn 4.90%
10 Sanmina 13.13 Bn 11.55 Bn 353.79 Mn 7.65%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.52%
Dec 31, 2025 13.95%
Sep 26, 2025 13.90%
Jun 27, 2025 14.11%
Mar 31, 2025 13.79%
Dec 31, 2024 10.89%
Sep 27, 2024 10.02%
Jun 28, 2024 9.65%
Mar 31, 2024 7.92%
Dec 31, 2023 8.13%
Sep 29, 2023 9.02%
Jun 30, 2023 9.29%
Mar 31, 2023 9.89%
Dec 31, 2022 11.24%
Sep 30, 2022 12.38%
Jul 1, 2022 11.96%
Mar 31, 2022 12.08%
Dec 31, 2021 13.14%
Oct 1, 2021 13.06%
Jul 2, 2021 12.09%