Gates Industrial (GTES) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Gates Industrial's (GTES) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 6.96% in Q1 2026, down 95.0% year-on-year from 139.25% in Q1 2025, and down 4.01% on a QoQ basis from 7.25% in Q4 2025.

Gates Industrial (GTES) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gates Industrial (GTES) has 9 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 6.96% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 95.0% year-over-year to 6.96% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 6.96%, a 95.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 7.46%, down 3.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 6.96%, down from 7.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for GTES reached as high as 11.5% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 6.04% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.93% across 5 years, with a median of 7.51% in 2025.
  • On a YoY basis, Return on Capital Employed climbed as much as 675 bps in 2022 and fell as far as 547 bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.04% in 2022, then climbed by 19 bps to 7.19% in 2023, then gained by 6 bps to 7.63% in 2024, then slipped by 5 bps to 7.25% in 2025, then declined by 4 bps to 6.96% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 6.96% in Q1 2026, 7.25% in Q4 2025, and 7.2% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 270.93 Bn 257.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 8.04%
2 Eaton 156.55 Bn 155.79 Bn 2.65 Bn 14.09%
3 Parker-Hannifin 124.04 Bn 123.57 Bn 2.02 Bn 18.36%
4 Cummins 91.66 Bn 88.48 Bn 2.24 Bn 15.97%
5 Emerson Electric 82.90 Bn 81.11 Bn 2.42 Bn 14.32%
6 Illinois Tool Works 81.54 Bn 80.71 Bn 1.76 Bn 39.40%
7 Ametek 55.40 Bn 54.92 Bn 717.56 Mn 14.67%
8 Rockwell Automation 51.78 Bn 51.35 Bn 1.13 Bn 31.32%
9 Ingersoll Rand 32.99 Bn 31.71 Bn 792.40 Mn 6.93%
10 Gates Industrial 6.83 Bn 6.05 Bn 338.00 Mn 6.96%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 28, 2026 6.96%
Dec 31, 2025 7.25%
Sep 27, 2025 7.20%
Jun 28, 2025 7.39%
Mar 29, 2025 7.91%
Dec 28, 2024 7.63%
Sep 28, 2024 7.70%
Jun 29, 2024 7.87%
Mar 30, 2024 7.65%
Dec 30, 2023 7.19%
Sep 30, 2023 6.88%
Jul 1, 2023 6.47%
Apr 1, 2023 6.20%
Dec 31, 2022 6.04%
Oct 1, 2022 10.10%
Jul 2, 2022 10.26%
Apr 2, 2022 10.58%
Jan 1, 2022 11.50%
Oct 2, 2021 7.09%
Jul 3, 2021 5.23%