Posco Holdings (PKX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Posco Holdings' (PKX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.82% in Q1 2026, up 97.0% year-on-year from 1.43% in Q1 2025, and up 6.26% quarter-over-quarter from 2.65% in Q4 2025.
Posco Holdings (PKX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Posco Holdings has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 2.82% for Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 2.82%, up 97.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.82% (up 97.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.78%, down 240.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 2.82% for Q1 2026 at Posco Holdings, up from 2.65% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 29.33% in Q1 2022 to a low of 1.47% in Q3 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.5% (2024), against an average of 9.28%.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 1878 bps in 2022 and sank 1561 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
- Posco Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.53% in 2022, then retreated by 6 bps to 17.46% in 2023, then tumbled by 89 bps to 1.86% in 2024, then surged by 43 bps to 2.65% in 2025, then rose by 6 bps to 2.82% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.82% (Q1 2026), 2.65% (Q4 2025), and 1.47% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ternium | 94.27 Bn | 84.31 Bn | 686.87 Mn | 4.28% |
| 2 | Nucor | 58.23 Bn | 56.84 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 11.08% |
| 3 | ArcelorMittal | 51.15 Bn | 48.81 Bn | - | 4.68% |
| 4 | Steel Dynamics | 38.88 Bn | 38.02 Bn | 763.22 Mn | 12.08% |
| 5 | Reliance | 20.36 Bn | 20.12 Bn | 1.17 Bn | 11.59% |
| 6 | Cleveland-Cliffs | 7.71 Bn | 7.86 Bn | -82.00 Mn | -7.44% |
| 7 | Algoma Steel | 2.77 Bn | 2.77 Bn | -92.32 | 62.17% |
| 8 | National Steel | 2.24 Bn | -552.84 Mn | 479.33 Mn | - |
| 9 | Worthington Steel | 2.07 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 76.10 Mn | 9.38% |
| 10 | Posco Holdings | 20,328.37 | -126.16 Mn | 1.04 Bn | 2.82% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.82% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.47% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.67% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.86% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.76% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.46% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.14% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.83% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.53% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.33% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 26.52% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.66% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.12% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 10.55% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 8.69% |