Knowles (KN) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)
Knowles (KN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 8.55% for Q1 2026, up 314.0% year-over-year from 2.06% in Q1 2025, and up 17.19% quarter-over-quarter from 7.29% in Q4 2025.
Knowles (KN) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Knowles (KN) has 13 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 8.55% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 8.55%, up 314.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.55% (up 314.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.18%, up 244.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed grew to 8.55% in Q1 2026 per KN's latest filing, from 7.29% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 30.41% in Q3 2023 and troughed at 12.71% in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of 6.64% and a median of 5.71% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 4312 bps in 2023, then plunged 2558 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 7.5% in 2022, then plunged by 56 bps to 3.33% in 2023, then soared by 64 bps to 5.47% in 2024, then surged by 33 bps to 7.29% in 2025, then increased by 17 bps to 8.55% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows KN's Return on Capital Employed at 8.55% in Q1 2026, 7.29% in Q4 2025, and 6.57% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.55% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.29% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.57% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.71% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.40% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.47% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.51% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.42% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 30.41% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.44% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.50% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -12.71% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.20% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.51% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.42% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.12% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 6.67% |