Jacobs Solutions (J) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Jacobs Solutions (J) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 7.34% in Q1 2026, down 35.01% quarter-over-quarter from 11.3% in Q4 2025, and down 193.0% on a YoY basis from 7.9% in Q1 2025.

Jacobs Solutions (J) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Jacobs Solutions' Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 7.34% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 193.0% year-over-year to 7.34%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.34% (down 193.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.59%, up 299.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 7.34% for Q1 2026 at Jacobs Solutions, down from 11.3% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.3% in Q4 2025 to a low of 3.76% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.26% across 5 years, with a median of 7.32% in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed tumbled 356 bps in 2023, then surged 412 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.48% in 2022, then surged by 33 bps to 5.96% in 2023, then surged by 64 bps to 9.8% in 2024, then gained by 15 bps to 11.3% in 2025, then plunged by 35 bps to 7.34% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 7.34% (Q1 2026), 11.3% (Q4 2025), and 10.82% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 103.91 Bn 103.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 10.73%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 65.18 Bn 64.13 Bn 754.41 Mn 15.88%
3 Emcor 36.65 Bn 35.73 Bn 863.95 Mn 2.32%
4 Mastec 28.10 Bn 27.94 Bn 477.90 Mn 12.69%
5 Sterling Infrastructure 27.31 Bn 26.80 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
6 APi 18.18 Bn 17.54 Bn 620.00 Mn 8.37%
7 IES Holdings 14.63 Bn 14.37 Bn 254.79 Mn 42.91%
8 Jacobs Solutions 14.18 Bn 12.80 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
9 Dycom Industries 13.76 Bn 13.05 Bn - -
10 TopBuild 11.17 Bn 10.90 Bn 400.25 Mn 13.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 7.34%
Dec 26, 2025 11.30%
Sep 26, 2025 10.82%
Jun 27, 2025 10.46%
Mar 28, 2025 9.28%
Dec 27, 2024 9.80%
Sep 27, 2024 7.43%
Jun 28, 2024 6.35%
Mar 29, 2024 6.21%
Dec 29, 2023 5.96%
Sep 29, 2023 5.96%
Jun 30, 2023 3.76%
Mar 31, 2023 4.57%
Dec 30, 2022 4.48%
Sep 30, 2022 4.72%
Jul 1, 2022 7.32%
Apr 1, 2022 7.65%
Dec 31, 2021 5.62%
Oct 1, 2021 5.88%
Jul 2, 2021 3.78%