Fuel Tech (FTEK) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Fuel Tech's (FTEK) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.59% in Q1 2026, down 147.0% YoY from 22.53% in Q1 2025, and down 18.73% on a QoQ basis from 8.92% in Q4 2025.
Fuel Tech (FTEK) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Fuel Tech (FTEK) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.59% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 147.0% year-over-year to 10.59% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.59% (down 147.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.82%, up 193.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 10.59% in Q1 2026, from 8.92% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 2.45% in Q2 2022 to a low of 10.97% in Q2 2025.
- A 5-year average of 6.68% and a median of 6.87% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 479 bps — and 2024, when it tumbled 547 bps.
- Tracing FTEK's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 3.38% in 2022, then tumbled by 76 bps to 5.95% in 2023, then sank by 81 bps to 10.78% in 2024, then grew by 17 bps to 8.92% in 2025, then retreated by 19 bps to 10.59% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.59% (Q1 2026), 8.92% (Q4 2025), and 10.52% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -11.77% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -10.59% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -10.52% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -10.97% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -9.12% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -10.78% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -7.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -6.87% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -8.13% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -5.95% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -4.73% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -4.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.67% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.38% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.33% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.87% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.15% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -6.30% |