Originclear (OCLN) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

Originclear (OCLN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 13.71% for Q1 2026, up 181.0% year-over-year from 4.88% in Q1 2025, and down 17.33% quarter-over-quarter from 16.58% in Q4 2025.

Originclear (OCLN) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Originclear (OCLN) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 13.71% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 13.71%, up 181.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.71% (up 181.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.63%, up 408.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed fell to 13.71% in Q1 2026 per OCLN's latest filing, from 16.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 54.7% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 7.95% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 23.47% and a median of 18.72% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed soared 4082 bps in 2022, then sank 2860 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 44.19% in 2022, then tumbled by 53 bps to 20.56% in 2023, then plunged by 61 bps to 7.95% in 2024, then jumped by 109 bps to 16.58% in 2025, then retreated by 17 bps to 13.71% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows OCLN's Return on Capital Employed at 13.71% in Q1 2026, 16.58% in Q4 2025, and 18.72% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -1.20%
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 8.79%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 10.40%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 2.16%
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -56.67%
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 10.85%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -9.76%
10 Originclear - - 554,128.00 13.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.71%
Dec 31, 2025 16.58%
Sep 30, 2025 18.72%
Jun 30, 2025 32.08%
Mar 31, 2025 11.90%
Dec 31, 2024 7.95%
Sep 30, 2024 11.11%
Jun 30, 2024 8.88%
Mar 31, 2024 9.05%
Dec 31, 2023 20.56%
Sep 30, 2023 20.45%
Jun 30, 2023 27.40%
Mar 31, 2023 37.65%
Dec 31, 2022 44.19%
Sep 30, 2022 13.58%
Jun 30, 2022 50.42%
Mar 31, 2022 54.70%
Dec 31, 2021 46.16%
Sep 30, 2021 28.92%
Jun 30, 2021 14.85%