Growth Metrics

Minerals Technologies (MTX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Minerals Technologies' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 8.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, down 8.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Minerals Technologies, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.17% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.06% (2024), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed increased 9bps in 2022 before it dropped -11bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 117bps to 0.17% in 2022, then plummeted by -66bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 61bps to 0.1% in 2024, then tumbled by -83bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MTX's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025).