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.
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 6 | Euro Tech Holdings | 1.36 Bn | 1.34 Bn | - | - |
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| 9 | Arq | 116.43 Mn | 111.76 Mn | 9.94 Mn | -29.31% |
| 10 | Liqtech International | 10.34 Mn | 7.53 Mn | 393,744.00 | -41.07% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |