Mueller Water Products (MWA) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Mueller Water Products has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 17.18% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 17.18%, up 209.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.18% (up 209.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 18.01%, up 416.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 17.18% for Q1 2026 at Mueller Water Products, up from 17.01% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 17.44% in Q3 2025 to a low of 8.84% in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.11% (2024), against an average of 12.3%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 161 bps in 2022 and surged 569 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Mueller Water Products' Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.13% in 2022, then slipped by 2 bps to 8.97% in 2023, then surged by 63 bps to 14.66% in 2024, then grew by 16 bps to 17.01% in 2025, then rose by 1 bps to 17.18% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 17.18% (Q1 2026), 17.01% (Q4 2025), and 17.44% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.