Growth Metrics

Rpm International (RPM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Rpm International (RPM) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 21.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.05%, a 21.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.03%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Rpm International, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.05% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.15% and a median of 0.15% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 12bps in 2024, then decreased -21bps in 2025.
  • Rpm International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then grew by 4bps to 0.14% in 2022, then grew by 13bps to 0.16% in 2023, then soared by 69bps to 0.26% in 2024, then tumbled by -79bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RPM's Return on Capital Employed are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).