Reliance (RS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Reliance (RS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 11.59% for Q1 2026, down 16.0% year-over-year from 13.79% in Q1 2025, and up 9.98% quarter-over-quarter from 10.53% in Q4 2025.

Reliance (RS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Reliance (RS) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.59% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 11.59%, down 16.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.59% (down 16.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.83%, down 200.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed rose to 11.59% in Q1 2026 per RS's latest filing, from 10.53% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 30.42% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 10.36% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 18.43% and a median of 16.62% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed soared 1532 bps in 2022, then sank 1016 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 28.2% in 2022, then tumbled by 36 bps to 18.04% in 2023, then fell by 28 bps to 12.96% in 2024, then decreased by 19 bps to 10.53% in 2025, then increased by 10 bps to 11.59% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows RS's Return on Capital Employed at 11.59% in Q1 2026, 10.53% in Q4 2025, and 10.36% in Q3 2025.

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 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 11.70%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.59%
Dec 31, 2025 10.53%
Sep 30, 2025 10.36%
Jun 30, 2025 11.03%
Mar 31, 2025 11.75%
Dec 31, 2024 12.96%
Sep 30, 2024 14.76%
Jun 30, 2024 15.05%
Mar 31, 2024 16.62%
Dec 31, 2023 18.04%
Sep 30, 2023 19.50%
Jun 30, 2023 21.61%
Mar 31, 2023 24.80%
Dec 31, 2022 28.20%
Sep 30, 2022 29.63%
Jun 30, 2022 30.42%
Mar 31, 2022 26.51%
Dec 31, 2021 23.40%
Sep 30, 2021 19.42%
Jun 30, 2021 15.09%