Growth Metrics

Liqtech International (LIQT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Liqtech International posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 41.07% for Q1 2026, down 484.0% year-on-year from 10.7% in Q1 2025, and down 18.97% on a QoQ basis from 34.53% in Q4 2025.

Liqtech International (LIQT) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 41.07% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 484.0% year-over-year to 41.07%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 41.07% (down 484.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 33.06%, down 67.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 41.07%, down from 34.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 6.28% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 41.07% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 26.94% (2023), against an average of 24.56%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed surged 3044 bps; it then plunged 3058 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 36.82% in 2022, then soared by 83 bps to 6.38% in 2023, then tumbled by 480 bps to 36.96% in 2024, then advanced by 7 bps to 34.53% in 2025, then dropped by 19 bps to 41.07% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 41.07% (Q1 2026), 34.53% (Q4 2025), and 32.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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10 Liqtech International 10.34 Mn 7.53 Mn 393,744.00 -41.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -41.07%
Dec 31, 2025 -34.53%
Sep 30, 2025 -32.74%
Jun 30, 2025 -36.78%
Mar 31, 2025 -36.24%
Dec 31, 2024 -36.96%
Sep 30, 2024 -13.56%
Jun 30, 2024 -9.19%
Mar 31, 2024 -6.28%
Dec 31, 2023 -6.38%
Sep 30, 2023 -26.65%
Jun 30, 2023 -26.94%
Mar 31, 2023 -34.71%
Dec 31, 2022 -36.82%
Sep 30, 2022 -12.61%
Jun 30, 2022 -13.99%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.18%
Dec 31, 2021 -7.87%
Sep 30, 2021 -32.53%
Jun 30, 2021 -39.25%
Mar 31, 2021 -36.20%
Dec 31, 2020 -25.89%
Sep 30, 2020 -15.55%
Jun 30, 2020 -7.78%
Mar 31, 2020 -1.31%
Dec 31, 2019 -2.00%
Sep 30, 2019 -3.83%
Jun 30, 2019 -12.44%
Mar 31, 2019 -44.54%
Dec 31, 2018 -50.20%
Sep 30, 2018 -42.30%
Jun 30, 2018 -53.61%
Mar 31, 2018 -77.35%
Dec 31, 2017 -61.43%
Sep 30, 2017 -256.48%
Jun 30, 2017 -239.30%
Mar 31, 2017 -238.24%
Dec 31, 2016 -113.54%
Sep 30, 2016 -7.47%
Jun 30, 2016 1.36%
Mar 31, 2016 -7.95%
Dec 31, 2015 -14.40%
Sep 30, 2015 -26.96%
Jun 30, 2015 -31.52%
Mar 31, 2015 -22.39%
Dec 31, 2014 -18.25%
Sep 30, 2014 -20.73%
Jun 30, 2014 -37.41%
Mar 31, 2014 -41.53%
Dec 31, 2013 -40.82%
Sep 30, 2013 -27.96%
Jun 30, 2013 -22.01%
Mar 31, 2013 -15.22%
Dec 31, 2012 -9.20%
Sep 30, 2012 -7.77%
Jun 30, 2012 -0.29%
Mar 31, 2012 7.85%
Dec 31, 2011 5.81%
Sep 30, 2011 -48.64%