Granite Construction (GVA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Granite Construction (GVA) reported Return on Capital Employed of 12.0% for Q1 2026, down 536.0% year-over-year from 2.75% in Q1 2025, and up 10.69% quarter-over-quarter from 10.84% in Q4 2025.
Granite Construction (GVA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Granite Construction (GVA) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.0% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.0%, down 536.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.0% (down 536.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.8%, up 282.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed rose to 12.0% in Q1 2026 per GVA's latest filing, from 10.84% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 25.79% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 90.64% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 7.98% and a median of 8.13% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 6995 bps in 2024, then jumped 11082 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 19.17% in 2022, then surged by 151 bps to 9.85% in 2023, then soared by 162 bps to 25.79% in 2024, then tumbled by 58 bps to 10.84% in 2025, then gained by 11 bps to 12.0% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows GVA's Return on Capital Employed at 12.0% in Q1 2026, 10.84% in Q4 2025, and 13.46% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.84% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.46% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 20.18% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.35% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 25.79% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -61.24% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -90.64% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.42% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.85% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -16.98% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -20.69% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -15.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -19.17% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -13.93% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.74% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -8.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 9.18% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.06% |