Matthews International (MATW) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Matthews International (MATW) posted Return on Capital Employed of 6.54% for Q1 2026, down 6.45% on a QoQ basis from 7.0% in Q4 2025, and up 1019.0% year-over-year from 0.58% in Q1 2025.

Matthews International (MATW) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Matthews International's Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.54% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1019.0% year-over-year to 6.54% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.54% (up 1019.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.34%, up 674.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 6.54% for Q1 2026 at Matthews International, down from 7.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.33% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 3.65% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.66% and a median of 0.07% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed surged 1229 bps — and 2024, when it slumped 1020 bps.
  • Matthews International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.46% in 2022, then soared by 427 bps to 8.04% in 2023, then tumbled by 122 bps to 1.73% in 2024, then soared by 503 bps to 7.0% in 2025, then declined by 6 bps to 6.54% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MATW's Return on Capital Employed at 6.54% in Q1 2026, 7.0% in Q4 2025, and 0.07% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 3M 91.77 Bn 88.44 Bn 2.68 Bn 19.43%
2 Honeywell International 77.55 Bn 68.36 Bn 3.65 Bn 15.09%
3 Valmont Industries 9.51 Bn 9.35 Bn 316.88 Mn 16.67%
4 Brookfield Business 6.64 Bn -9.94 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Seaboard 4.48 Bn 3.32 Bn 217.00 Mn 4.40%
6 Otter Tail 3.86 Bn 3.46 Bn 239.49 Mn 9.46%
7 Deluxe 1.21 Bn 1.19 Bn 279.40 Mn 10.82%
8 Tetra Technologies 1.06 Bn 1.02 Bn 38.23 Mn -5.83%
9 Matthews International 889.04 Mn 852.95 Mn 101.98 Mn 6.54%
10 Compass Diversified Holdings 760.64 Mn 699.89 Mn 189.36 Mn 0.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 6.54%
Dec 31, 2025 7.00%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.07%
Jun 30, 2025 -2.55%
Mar 31, 2025 -3.65%
Dec 31, 2024 -1.73%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.87%
Jun 30, 2024 4.28%
Mar 31, 2024 5.11%
Dec 31, 2023 8.04%
Sep 30, 2023 9.33%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.74%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.45%
Dec 31, 2022 -2.46%
Sep 30, 2022 -2.96%
Jun 30, 2022 2.26%
Mar 31, 2022 2.09%
Dec 31, 2021 2.49%
Sep 30, 2021 2.47%
Jun 30, 2021 3.17%