Park Aerospace (PKE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Park Aerospace (PKE) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 2.54% for Q1 2026, down 571.0% YoY from 0.54% in Q1 2025, and down 75.79% sequentially from 10.51% in Q4 2025.

Park Aerospace (PKE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Park Aerospace has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 2.54% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 571.0% year-over-year to 2.54%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.54% (down 571.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 2.5%, down 546.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 2.54% in Q1 2026, from 10.51% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for PKE reached as high as 10.51% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 2.54% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.36% (2022), against an average of 7.29%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 383 bps — and 2026, when it plunged 571 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 6.82% in 2022, then retreated by 3 bps to 6.6% in 2023, then gained by 23 bps to 8.11% in 2024, then grew by 30 bps to 10.51% in 2025, then plunged by 76 bps to 2.54% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 2.54%, 10.51%, and 8.75% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Boeing 1,106.33 Bn 1,085.43 Bn 2.55 Bn 7.00%
2 Rtx 258.51 Bn 253.40 Bn 9.08 Bn 8.75%
3 General Dynamics 174.86 Bn 171.21 Bn 9.09 Bn 14.01%
4 Lockheed Martin 119.99 Bn 118.10 Bn 2.08 Bn 19.82%
5 Howmet Aerospace 107.26 Bn 104.82 Bn 854.00 Mn 23.50%
6 TransDigm 76.18 Bn 72.30 Bn 1.51 Bn 19.95%
7 Northrop Grumman 73.88 Bn 71.79 Bn 3.45 Bn 6.49%
8 Rocket Lab 60.59 Bn 59.31 Bn 76.49 Mn -10.40%
9 L3Harris Technologies 54.60 Bn 54.60 Bn 1.40 Bn 12.10%
10 Park Aerospace 761.98 Mn 672.61 Mn 6.94 Mn 2.54%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 1, 2026 2.54%
Nov 30, 2025 10.51%
Aug 31, 2025 8.75%
Jun 1, 2025 8.75%
Mar 2, 2025 8.25%
Dec 1, 2024 8.11%
Sep 1, 2024 7.38%
Jun 2, 2024 6.71%
Mar 3, 2024 6.97%
Nov 26, 2023 6.60%
Aug 27, 2023 7.59%
May 28, 2023 7.01%
Feb 26, 2023 7.66%
Nov 27, 2022 6.82%
Aug 28, 2022 6.32%
May 29, 2022 6.55%
Feb 27, 2022 7.36%
Nov 28, 2021 6.52%
Aug 29, 2021 5.69%
May 30, 2021 4.73%