Growth Metrics

Rxo (RXO) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2026)

Rxo posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.46% for Q1 2026, down 37.0% year-on-year from 5.49% in Q1 2025, and up 3.56% on a QoQ basis from 3.59% in Q4 2025.

Rxo (RXO) has 5 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.46% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 37.0% year-over-year to 3.46%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.46% (down 37.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 3.42%, up 18.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.46%, up from 3.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 9.38% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 3.59% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.19% (2024), against an average of 0.49%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 614 bps; it then sank 37 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.38% in 2022, then slumped by 65 bps to 3.24% in 2023, then plunged by 174 bps to 2.4% in 2024, then sank by 50 bps to 3.59% in 2025, then grew by 4 bps to 3.46% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.46% (Q1 2026), 3.59% (Q4 2025), and 2.66% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 26.96%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 10.45%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 10.92%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 1.68%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.81%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.46%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 4.94%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.83%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.59%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn -4.27%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.46%
Dec 31, 2025 -3.59%
Sep 30, 2025 -2.66%
Jun 30, 2025 -3.12%
Mar 31, 2025 -3.09%
Dec 31, 2024 -2.40%
Sep 30, 2024 -1.09%
Jun 30, 2024 0.70%
Mar 31, 2024 1.93%
Dec 31, 2023 3.24%
Sep 30, 2023 2.00%
Jun 30, 2023 2.61%
Mar 31, 2023 6.39%
Dec 31, 2022 9.38%