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

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DateValue
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%