Kimball Electronics (KE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2014 - 2026)
Kimball Electronics' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.62% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 2.61 percentage points from 6.01% a year earlier and up 1.57 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Kimball Electronics (KE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Kimball Electronics came in at 8.78%, up 3.25 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of -4.53 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 5.53% in FY2025 (-0.21 pp), 5.74% in FY2024 (-7.30 pp), 13.04% in FY2023 (+2.86 pp) and 10.18% in FY2022 (-3.13 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.93 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 3.15 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 7.82 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, KE's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 7.05% (Q3 2026), 6.96% (Q2 2026) and 6.65% (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,064.64 Bn | 4,810.10 Bn | 54.82 Bn | 70.57% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 387.30 Bn | 323.23 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 17.86% |
| 3 | Arista Networks | 233.88 Bn | 183.08 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 29.33% |
| 4 | Dell Technologies | 213.96 Bn | 169.72 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 38.06% |
| 5 | Sony | 164.26 Bn | 101.68 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 16.11% |
| 6 | Sandisk | 123.84 Bn | 108.67 Bn | 9.38 Bn | 115.35% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 115.23 Bn | 110.07 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 76.09% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 108.25 Bn | 98.08 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 57.31% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 63.71 Bn | 41.65 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 5.09% |
| 10 | Kimball Electronics | 466.33 Mn | 144.33 Mn | 30.87 Mn | 8.32% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.32% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.62% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.05% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.96% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.65% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.01% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.55% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.81% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.64% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.12% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.76% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.97% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.80% |
Kimball Electronics Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
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=KE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "KE", "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=KE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();