Growth Metrics

Mueller Industries (MLI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Mueller Industries has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.32% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 4.0% to 0.32% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.32% through Mar 2026, up 4.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.31% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.32% for Q1 2026 at Mueller Industries, up from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 0.56% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.27% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.32% (2023), against an average of 0.37%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 32bps in 2022 and later decreased -18bps in 2023.
  • Tracing MLI's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 0.48% in 2022, then crashed by -34bps to 0.32% in 2023, then dropped by -14bps to 0.27% in 2024, then grew by 7bps to 0.29% in 2025, then grew by 10bps to 0.32% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.32%, 0.29%, and 0.31% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.