Harte Hanks (HHS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Harte Hanks' (HHS) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.57% in Q1 2026, down 314.0% year-on-year from 0.26% in Q1 2025, and down 191.11% on a QoQ basis from 0.62% in Q4 2025.

Harte Hanks (HHS) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Harte Hanks (HHS) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.57% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 314.0% year-over-year to 0.57% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.57%, a 314.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.58%, down 213.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 0.57%, down from 0.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for HHS reached as high as 21.75% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 1.73% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 8.35% across 5 years, with a median of 3.44% in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 2889 bps in 2022 and slumped 1609 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 20.98% in 2022, then plunged by 77 bps to 4.89% in 2023, then tumbled by 39 bps to 3.0% in 2024, then sank by 79 bps to 0.62% in 2025, then plunged by 191 bps to 0.57% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 0.57% in Q1 2026, 0.62% in Q4 2025, and 1.73% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 3M 91.77 Bn 88.44 Bn 2.68 Bn 19.43%
2 Honeywell International 77.55 Bn 68.36 Bn 3.65 Bn 15.09%
3 Valmont Industries 9.51 Bn 9.35 Bn 316.88 Mn 16.67%
4 Brookfield Business 6.64 Bn -9.94 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Seaboard 4.48 Bn 3.32 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.40%
6 Otter Tail 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 239.49 Mn 9.46%
7 Deluxe 1.21 Bn 1.19 Bn 279.40 Mn 10.82%
8 Tetra Technologies 1.06 Bn 1.02 Bn 38.23 Mn -5.83%
9 Matthews International 889.04 Mn 852.95 Mn 101.98 Mn 6.54%
10 Harte Hanks 17.72 Mn 13.19 Mn 25.93 Mn -0.57%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 21.75%
Jun 30, 2022 21.12%
Mar 31, 2022 19.14%
Dec 31, 2021 11.28%
Sep 30, 2021 6.24%
Jun 30, 2021 1.41%