Pliant Therapeutics (PLRX) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)

Pliant Therapeutics has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 7 years, most recently at 58.56% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 999.0% to 58.56% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 58.56% through Mar 2026, up 999.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 53.06% for FY2025, 114.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 58.56% for Q1 2026 at Pliant Therapeutics, up from 66.67% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 28.51% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 72.87% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 52.29% (2024), against an average of 50.68%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed crashed -3310bps in 2022 and then soared 3660bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 37.41% in 2022, then rose by 1bps to 36.99% in 2023, then crashed by -59bps to 58.84% in 2024, then dropped by -13bps to 66.67% in 2025, then increased by 12bps to 58.56% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PLRX's Return on Capital Employed are 58.56% (Q1 2026), 66.67% (Q4 2025), and 68.78% (Q3 2025).