Growth Metrics

Global Industrial (GIC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Global Industrial filings provide 15 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 23.62% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 112.0% to 23.62% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 23.62%, a 112.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 26.22%, up 313.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 23.62% in Q4 2025 for Global Industrial, up from 22.57% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 50.73% in Q1 2022 to a low of 22.5% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 29.64% (2023), compared with a mean of 32.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 1198bps in 2021 and later crashed -1983bps in 2023.
  • Global Industrial's Return on Capital Employed stood at 37.05% in 2021, then decreased by -9bps to 33.75% in 2022, then fell by -17bps to 27.86% in 2023, then fell by -19bps to 22.5% in 2024, then rose by 5bps to 23.62% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 23.62% (Q4 2025), 22.57% (Q3 2025), and 23.62% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.