Knife River (KNF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2023 - 2026)
Knife River (KNF) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 7.36% in Q3 2026, down 0.93 percentage points from 8.29% a year earlier and down 0.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Knife River (KNF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Knife River reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 9.95%, down 3.47 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a three-year change of -1.34 percentage points (FY2022 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 13.42% in FY2024 (-0.69 pp), 14.12% in FY2023 (+2.83 pp) and 11.29% in FY2022.
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for nine consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.57 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 3.16 percentage points in Q2 2024, against a drop of 5.53 percentage points in Q2 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 7.82% (Q2 2026), 8.35% (Q1 2026) and 8.67% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crh Public | 65.53 Bn | 50.06 Bn | 4.42 Bn | 11.24% |
| 2 | Vulcan Materials | 37.56 Bn | 36.93 Bn | 665.60 Mn | 10.75% |
| 3 | Martin Marietta Materials | 34.63 Bn | 34.04 Bn | 651.00 Mn | 4.78% |
| 4 | Amrize | 23.53 Bn | 19.48 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 9.28% |
| 5 | Cemex Sab De Cv | 15.82 Bn | 15.82 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 323.95% |
| 6 | Eagle Materials | 5.82 Bn | 4.63 Bn | 174.73 Mn | 13.87% |
| 7 | Knife River | 3.35 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 287.60 Mn | 7.36% |
| 8 | Titan America | 2.15 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 103.50 Mn | 13.62% |
| 9 | Cementos Pacasmayo Saa | 1.10 Bn | 879.66 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima | 1.04 Bn | 1.04 Bn | - | - |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.36% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.82% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.35% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.45% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.47% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.66% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.12% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.98% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.71% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.93% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.18% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.83% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.58% |
API Access
Knife River 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KNF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "KNF", "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=KNF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();