Ingevity (NGVT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Ingevity (NGVT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 22.02% for Q1 2026, up 588.0% year-over-year from 3.2% in Q1 2025, and up 16.02% quarter-over-quarter from 18.98% in Q4 2025.

Ingevity (NGVT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ingevity (NGVT) has 11 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 22.02% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 22.02%, up 588.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 22.02% (up 588.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 16.66%, up 295.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed improved to 22.02% in Q1 2026 per NGVT's latest filing, from 18.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 22.02% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 5.34% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 13.51% and a median of 14.12% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 724 bps in 2024, then jumped 1308 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 14.66% in 2022, then tumbled by 39 bps to 8.92% in 2023, then increased by 26 bps to 11.24% in 2024, then jumped by 69 bps to 18.98% in 2025, then grew by 16 bps to 22.02% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NGVT's Return on Capital Employed at 22.02% in Q1 2026, 18.98% in Q4 2025, and 20.28% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Linde 243.01 Bn 239.06 Bn 4.26 Bn 12.89%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 16.08%
3 Sherwin Williams 77.87 Bn 77.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 20.78%
4 Ecolab 75.16 Bn 74.54 Bn 1.85 Bn 14.59%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.70 Bn 64.24 Bn 987.40 Mn 6.05%
6 Ppg Industries 26.67 Bn 25.20 Bn 1.66 Bn 13.59%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 20.73 Bn 20.84 Bn 701.00 Mn -1.10%
8 Albemarle 20.14 Bn 19.31 Bn 500.97 Mn 6.09%
9 International Flavors & Fragrances 20.04 Bn 19.51 Bn 1.02 Bn 3.66%
10 Ingevity 2.54 Bn 2.36 Bn 116.40 Mn 22.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.02%
Dec 31, 2025 18.98%
Sep 30, 2025 20.28%
Jun 30, 2025 18.92%
Mar 31, 2025 16.14%
Dec 31, 2024 11.24%
Sep 30, 2024 8.05%
Jun 30, 2024 5.84%
Mar 31, 2024 5.34%
Dec 31, 2023 8.92%
Sep 30, 2023 9.67%
Jun 30, 2023 11.88%
Mar 31, 2023 12.58%
Dec 31, 2022 14.66%
Sep 30, 2022 15.65%
Jun 30, 2022 14.12%
Mar 31, 2022 15.42%
Dec 31, 2021 13.18%
Sep 30, 2021 15.17%
Jun 30, 2021 15.49%