Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026)
Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 15.44% for Q2 2026, up 9.05 percentage points from 6.40% a year earlier and up 3.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Kaiser Aluminum posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 9.16%, up 3.38 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +3.89 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 5.79% in FY2024 (-0.63 pp), 6.42% in FY2023 (+6.21 pp), 0.21% in FY2022 (-3.61 pp) and 3.82% in FY2021 (-1.46 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q3 2010.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.69 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q2 2026 (a gain of 9.05 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2023 (a drop of 3.88 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 11.81% (Q1 2026), 8.78% (Q4 2025) and 8.12% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 193.68 Bn | 159.81 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 171.36 Bn | 150.22 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 42.99% |
| 3 | Newmont | 121.76 Bn | 89.94 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 9.92% |
| 4 | Ternium | 113.51 Bn | 78.56 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 7.19% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 103.45 Bn | 99.60 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 13.20% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 91.92 Bn | 91.92 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 42.05% |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 67.42 Bn | 52.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 23.46% |
| 8 | Nucor | 54.54 Bn | 45.08 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 13.42% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 49.09 Bn | 30.12 Bn | - | 3.51% |
| 10 | Kaiser Aluminum | 2.49 Bn | 2.37 Bn | 199.00 Mn | 15.44% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.44% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.78% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.72% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.46% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.73% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.84% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.20% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.26% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.35% |
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Kaiser Aluminum Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "KALU", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();