Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from 18.98% in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 588.0% year-over-year to 22.02% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 22.02% (up 588.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 16.66%, up 295.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 22.02% in Q1 2026 per NGVT's latest filing, from 18.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 22.02% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 5.34% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 14.12% (2022), against an average of 13.51%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Return on Capital Employed slumped 724 bps; it then surged 1308 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing NGVT's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 14.66% in 2022, then sank by 39 bps to 8.92% in 2023, then climbed by 26 bps to 11.24% in 2024, then surged by 69 bps to 18.98% in 2025, then advanced by 16 bps to 22.02% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NGVT Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 22.02% (Q1 2026), 18.98% (Q4 2025), and 20.28% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 12.89%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 20.78%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 14.59%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 6.05%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 13.59%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn -1.10%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 6.09%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 7.03%
10 Ingevity 2.32 Bn 2.14 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%
Mar 31, 2021 13.48%
Dec 31, 2020 13.23%
Sep 30, 2020 12.83%
Jun 30, 2020 12.53%
Mar 31, 2020 15.26%
Dec 31, 2019 15.44%
Sep 30, 2019 15.32%
Jun 30, 2019 14.68%
Mar 31, 2019 17.62%
Dec 31, 2018 23.91%
Sep 30, 2018 22.17%
Jun 30, 2018 21.02%
Mar 31, 2018 23.11%
Dec 31, 2017 26.20%
Sep 30, 2017 30.07%
Jun 30, 2017 28.87%
Mar 31, 2017 27.72%
Dec 31, 2016 27.50%
Sep 30, 2016 23.74%
Jun 30, 2016 24.55%
Mar 31, 2016 26.56%