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

Gates Industrial (GTES) reported Return on Capital Employed of 6.96% for Q1 2026, down 95.0% year-over-year from 139.25% in Q1 2025, and down 4.01% quarter-over-quarter 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.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 6.96%, down 95.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.96% (down 95.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.46%, down 3.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 6.96% in Q1 2026 per GTES's latest filing, from 7.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 11.5% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 6.04% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 7.93% and a median of 7.51% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • 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.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 6.04% in 2022, then rose by 19 bps to 7.19% in 2023, then grew by 6 bps to 7.63% in 2024, then fell by 5 bps to 7.25% in 2025, then decreased by 4 bps to 6.96% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GTES's Return on Capital Employed at 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 251.14 Bn 242.11 Bn 1.78 Bn 7.18%
2 Eaton 153.70 Bn 153.00 Bn 2.65 Bn 14.09%
3 Parker-Hannifin 111.44 Bn 110.97 Bn 2.02 Bn 18.36%
4 Cummins 90.06 Bn 87.33 Bn 2.24 Bn 15.97%
5 Emerson Electric 77.51 Bn 75.74 Bn 2.42 Bn 14.32%
6 Illinois Tool Works 72.86 Bn 72.03 Bn 1.76 Bn 39.40%
7 Ametek 51.86 Bn 51.38 Bn 717.56 Mn 14.67%
8 Rockwell Automation 50.08 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.13 Bn 31.32%
9 Dover 28.99 Bn 27.35 Bn 798.14 Mn 12.62%
10 Gates Industrial 6.51 Bn 6.08 Bn 338.00 Mn 6.96%

Historic Data

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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%