Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)
Kaiser Aluminum's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.22% for Q4 2025.
- For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 12.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.22%, up 12.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.23%, 12.0% up from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital reached 0.22% in Q4 2025 per KALU's latest filing, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.22% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.1% in Q2 2023.
- Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
- Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -28bps in 2021, then grew 14bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 211bps to 0.01% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 211bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 410bps to 0.11% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 110bps to 0.22% in 2025.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for KALU's Return on Invested Capital are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).