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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

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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 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%