Growth Metrics

Fuel Tech (FTEK) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026)

Fuel Tech posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and down 21.08% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Fuel Tech (FTEK) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.0%, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.0% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2025), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital reached 0 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 0 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 80 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then plunged by 79 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then climbed by 20 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then dropped by 21 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.00%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 0.00%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 0.00%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 0.00%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 0.00%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -
10 Fuel Tech 4.19 Mn -17.39 Mn 2.64 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 0.00%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2020 0.00%
Dec 31, 2019 0.00%
Sep 30, 2019 0.00%
Jun 30, 2019 0.00%
Mar 31, 2019 0.00%
Dec 31, 2018 0.00%
Sep 30, 2018 0.00%
Jun 30, 2018 0.00%
Mar 31, 2018 0.00%
Dec 31, 2017 0.00%
Sep 30, 2017 0.16%
Jun 30, 2017 0.14%
Mar 31, 2017 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2016 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2016 0.19%
Jun 30, 2016 0.08%
Mar 31, 2016 0.00%
Dec 31, 2015 0.00%
Sep 30, 2015 0.35%
Jun 30, 2015 -0.43%
Mar 31, 2015 0.00%
Dec 31, 2014 0.00%
Sep 30, 2014 0.00%
Jun 30, 2014 0.01%
Mar 31, 2014 0.00%
Dec 31, 2013 0.00%
Sep 30, 2013 0.00%
Jun 30, 2013 0.00%
Mar 31, 2013 0.00%
Dec 31, 2012 0.00%
Sep 30, 2012 0.00%
Jun 30, 2012 0.00%
Mar 31, 2012 0.00%
Dec 31, 2011 0.00%
Sep 30, 2011 0.00%