Minerals Technologies (MTX) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Minerals Technologies (MTX) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.08% for Q3 2026, down 374.0% year-over-year from 0.4% in Q3 2025, and down 111.89% on a QoQ basis from 9.1% in Q2 2026.
Minerals Technologies (MTX) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Minerals Technologies has reported Return on Capital Employed for 17 years, with the latest figure at 1.08% in Q3 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2026 came in at 1.08%, down 374.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2026 was 1.08% (down 374.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.65%, down 799.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 1.08% in Q3 2026, from 9.1% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 9.56% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 1.08% in Q3 2026.
- A 5-year average of 5.82% and a median of 6.44% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 793 bps; it then soared 727 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 7.43% in 2022, then slipped by 20 bps to 5.95% in 2023, then jumped by 61 bps to 9.56% in 2024, then tumbled by 83 bps to 1.63% in 2025, then tumbled by 166 bps to 1.08% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 1.08% in Q3 2026, 9.1% in Q2 2026, and 1.63% in Q4 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | -1.08% |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 9.10% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.63% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 2.43% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 2.66% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.56% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 9.26% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.39% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.34% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.95% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 5.12% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 6.50% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 11.98% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.31% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 7.71% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 8.44% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 8.25% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.96% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 7.39% |