Kbr (KBR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Kbr (KBR) reported Return on Capital Employed of 15.36% for Q2 2026, up 117.0% year-over-year from 7.08% in Q2 2025, and down 2.67% quarter-over-quarter from 15.79% in Q1 2026.

Kbr (KBR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kbr (KBR) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 15.36% in Q2 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q2 2026 came in at 15.36%, up 117.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 15.36% (up 117.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 15.76%, up 55.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 15.36% in Q2 2026 per KBR's latest filing, from 15.79% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 15.79% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 2.49% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 11.72% and a median of 12.79% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed jumped 1142 bps in 2023, then sank 353 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.43% in 2022, then increased by 13 bps to 10.7% in 2023, then gained by 29 bps to 13.79% in 2024, then grew by 6 bps to 14.69% in 2025, then rose by 5 bps to 15.36% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows KBR's Return on Capital Employed at 15.36% in Q2 2026, 15.79% in Q1 2026, and 14.69% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 103.56 Bn 103.29 Bn 1.11 Bn 10.73%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 64.33 Bn 63.28 Bn 754.41 Mn 15.88%
3 Emcor 36.81 Bn 35.90 Bn 863.95 Mn 2.32%
4 Mastec 27.54 Bn 27.38 Bn 477.90 Mn 12.69%
5 Sterling Infrastructure 25.78 Bn 25.28 Bn 194.30 Mn 30.01%
6 APi 18.83 Bn 18.18 Bn 620.00 Mn 8.37%
7 Jacobs Solutions 14.81 Bn 13.43 Bn 794.89 Mn 7.34%
8 IES Holdings 14.35 Bn 14.09 Bn 254.79 Mn 42.91%
9 Dycom Industries 13.61 Bn 12.90 Bn - -
10 Kbr 4.48 Bn 4.11 Bn 265.00 Mn 15.36%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 3, 2026 15.36%
Jan 2, 2026 15.79%
Oct 3, 2025 14.69%
Jul 4, 2025 14.29%
Apr 4, 2025 14.19%
Jan 3, 2025 13.50%
Sep 27, 2024 13.79%
Jun 28, 2024 12.79%
Mar 29, 2024 10.39%
Dec 29, 2023 10.70%
Sep 29, 2023 10.57%
Jun 30, 2023 10.67%
Mar 31, 2023 13.91%
Dec 31, 2022 9.43%
Sep 30, 2022 8.65%
Jun 30, 2022 7.98%
Mar 31, 2022 2.49%
Dec 31, 2021 5.58%
Sep 30, 2021 3.78%
Jun 30, 2021 3.34%