Olin (OLN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Olin (OLN) reported Return on Capital Employed of 2.01% for Q1 2026, down 595.0% year-over-year from 0.41% in Q1 2025, and down 2316.23% quarter-over-quarter from 0.09% in Q4 2025.

Olin (OLN) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Olin (OLN) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.01% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 2.01%, down 595.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.01% (down 595.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.09%, down 484.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 2.01% in Q1 2026 per OLN's latest filing, from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 32.3% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 2.01% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 12.82% and a median of 9.27% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 3362 bps in 2022, then plunged 1607 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 27.07% in 2022, then plunged by 58 bps to 11.42% in 2023, then plunged by 56 bps to 5.01% in 2024, then slumped by 98 bps to 0.09% in 2025, then slumped by 2316 bps to 2.01% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows OLN's Return on Capital Employed at 2.01% in Q1 2026, 0.09% in Q4 2025, and 3.38% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Celanese 5.60 Bn 4.26 Bn 468.00 Mn -4.22%
2 Methanex 4.42 Bn 4.43 Bn - -
3 Olin 2.80 Bn 2.60 Bn 75.80 Mn -2.01%
4 Rex American Resources 1.47 Bn 1.19 Bn 28.91 Mn 13.29%
5 Tronox Holdings 1.13 Bn 1.03 Bn 44.00 Mn -4.44%
6 Green Plains 1.02 Bn 844.99 Mn 87.95 Mn 3.14%
7 Lsb Industries 860.60 Mn 678.96 Mn 35.79 Mn 7.05%
8 Westlake Chemical Partners 818.06 Mn 773.77 Mn 93.76 Mn 29.83%
9 ASP Isotopes 776.82 Mn 496.37 Mn 1.67 Mn -10.68%
10 AdvanSix 576.58 Mn 559.00 Mn 3.80 Mn 0.85%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.09%
Sep 30, 2025 3.38%
Jun 30, 2025 2.32%
Mar 31, 2025 3.93%
Dec 31, 2024 5.01%
Sep 30, 2024 5.65%
Jun 30, 2024 8.05%
Mar 31, 2024 9.27%
Dec 31, 2023 11.42%
Sep 30, 2023 13.67%
Jun 30, 2023 16.79%
Mar 31, 2023 22.03%
Dec 31, 2022 27.07%
Sep 30, 2022 29.74%
Jun 30, 2022 32.30%
Mar 31, 2022 29.17%
Dec 31, 2021 26.81%
Sep 30, 2021 19.89%
Jun 30, 2021 2.40%