Innospec IOSP
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Innospec (IOSP) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2021)

Updated

Innospec (IOSP) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 1.59% for Q1 2021, down 10.09 percentage points from 11.68% a year earlier and down 1.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Innospec (IOSP) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2020, Innospec's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 2.53%, down 8.59 percentage points from FY2019.

  • Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of -15.08 percentage points (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • In prior years, Innospec's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 11.12% in FY2019 (+2.69 pp), 8.43% in FY2018 (+2.20 pp), 6.23% in FY2017 (-3.10 pp) and 9.33% in FY2016 (-8.29 pp).
  • The Q1 2021 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q3 2011.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.64 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q4 2019, with a gain of 3.01 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2021, with a drop of 10.09 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 2.60% (Q4 2020), 3.56% (Q3 2020) and 5.47% (Q2 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Linde 234.56 Bn 217.67 Bn 4.43 Bn 10.79%
2 Corning 106.49 Bn 99.63 Bn 1.63 Bn 10.44%
3 Sherwin Williams 81.85 Bn 80.89 Bn 3.34 Bn 19.18%
4 Air Products & Chemicals 68.38 Bn 66.28 Bn 1.04 Bn 0.00%
5 LyondellBasell Industries 42.93 Bn 32.55 Bn 2.04 Bn 4.14%
6 Nutrien 33.61 Bn 30.47 Bn 3.25 Bn 11.77%
7 Ppg Industries 24.59 Bn 17.39 Bn 1.81 Bn 11.51%
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 24.03 Bn 21.72 Bn 853.00 Mn 2.98%
9 Dow 23.60 Bn 9.04 Bn 1.38 Bn 2.04%
10 Innospec 2.43 Bn 1.33 Bn 138.30 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2021 1.59%
Dec 31, 2020 2.60%
Sep 30, 2020 3.56%
Jun 30, 2020 5.47%
Mar 31, 2020 11.68%
Dec 31, 2019 11.23%
Sep 30, 2019 9.97%
Jun 30, 2019 9.01%
Mar 31, 2019 8.76%
Dec 31, 2018 8.22%
Sep 30, 2018 8.64%
Jun 30, 2018 8.73%
Mar 31, 2018 9.27%
Dec 31, 2017 9.27%
Sep 30, 2017 8.87%
Jun 30, 2017 8.43%
Mar 31, 2017 8.33%
Dec 31, 2016 9.02%
Sep 30, 2016 11.22%
Jun 30, 2016 13.85%
API Access

Innospec Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API

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