Harte Hanks (HHS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Harte Hanks (HHS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 0.57% for Q1 2026, down 314.0% year-over-year from 0.26% in Q1 2025, and down 191.11% on a QoQ basis from 0.62% in Q4 2025.
Harte Hanks (HHS) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.57% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 314.0% year-over-year to 0.57% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.57% (down 314.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.58%, down 213.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 0.57% in Q1 2026 per HHS's latest filing, from 0.62% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 21.75% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 1.73% in Q3 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.44% (2024), against an average of 8.35%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 2889 bps; it then slumped 1609 bps in 2023.
- Tracing HHS's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 20.98% in 2022, then sank by 77 bps to 4.89% in 2023, then plunged by 39 bps to 3.0% in 2024, then slumped by 79 bps to 0.62% in 2025, then sank by 191 bps to 0.57% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest HHS Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 0.57% (Q1 2026), 0.62% (Q4 2025), and 1.73% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honeywell International | 149.73 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 3.54 Bn | 13.94% |
| 2 | 3M | 79.89 Bn | 75.79 Bn | 2.46 Bn | 17.35% |
| 3 | Valmont Industries | 10.28 Bn | 10.12 Bn | 316.88 Mn | 16.67% |
| 4 | Seaboard | 5.00 Bn | 3.86 Bn | 217.00 Mn | 4.40% |
| 5 | Otter Tail | 3.50 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 239.49 Mn | 9.46% |
| 6 | Tetra Technologies | 1.39 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 38.23 Mn | -9.76% |
| 7 | Deluxe | 1.11 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 279.40 Mn | 10.82% |
| 8 | Matthews International | 838.50 Mn | 802.41 Mn | 101.98 Mn | 6.54% |
| 9 | Compass Diversified Holdings | 825.34 Mn | 892.99 Mn | 189.36 Mn | 0.22% |
| 10 | Harte Hanks | 19.28 Mn | 14.74 Mn | 25.93 Mn | -0.57% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.57% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.62% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.73% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.51% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.58% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.00% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.90% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.49% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.17% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.63% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.04% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 15.76% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.21% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.58% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -5.50% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -14.63% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -23.52% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -23.25% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -32.91% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -35.52% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -40.26% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -42.81% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -42.35% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -92.06% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -64.17% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -52.51% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -45.64% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -38.63% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -38.14% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -46.47% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -28.12% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -6.92% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -95.63% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -66.52% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -63.53% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -54.48% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 5.29% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 6.79% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 7.86% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 7.23% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 6.82% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 6.93% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 7.95% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 9.08% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 10.29% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 10.33% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 11.04% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 11.84% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 11.10% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 9.84% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 10.91% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 2.62% |