Stantec STN
NYSE STN
$74.07 +0.19 (+0.26%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Stantec (STN) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Stantec (STN) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 36.46% for Q1 2026, up 401.0% year-over-year from 7.28% in Q1 2025, and up 5.61% quarter-over-quarter from 34.52% in Q4 2025.

Stantec (STN) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Stantec's Return on Capital Employed history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 36.46% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 401.0% year-over-year to 36.46%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 36.46% (up 401.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 14.35%, up 135.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 36.46%, up from 34.52% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 37.93% in Q4 2023, with the low at 23.19% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 33.31% (2024), against an average of 32.58%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed slumped 967 bps in 2022, then jumped 1131 bps in 2023.
  • Stantec's Return on Capital Employed stood at 31.15% in 2022, then increased by 22 bps to 37.93% in 2023, then dropped by 12 bps to 33.31% in 2024, then grew by 4 bps to 34.52% in 2025, then gained by 6 bps to 36.46% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows STN's Return on Capital Employed at 36.46% in Q1 2026, 34.52% in Q4 2025, and 36.93% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Quanta Services 96.39 Bn 95.88 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.55%
2 Comfort Systems Usa 58.32 Bn 56.46 Bn 844.23 Mn 25.26%
3 Ferrovial 45.15 Bn 40.18 Bn - -
4 Emcor 34.54 Bn 33.61 Bn 1.02 Bn 41.90%
5 IES Holdings 27.27 Bn 26.88 Bn 340.66 Mn 41.31%
6 Mastec 20.83 Bn 20.51 Bn 556.28 Mn 14.60%
7 APi 17.90 Bn 17.04 Bn 703.00 Mn 8.75%
8 Jacobs Solutions 17.64 Bn 16.47 Bn 810.70 Mn 8.23%
9 Sterling Infrastructure 15.87 Bn 15.41 Bn 289.96 Mn 35.48%
10 Stantec 8.42 Bn 8.42 Bn 970.70 Mn 34.74%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 36.46%
Dec 31, 2025 34.52%
Sep 30, 2025 36.93%
Jun 30, 2025 30.71%
Mar 31, 2025 32.45%
Dec 31, 2024 33.31%
Sep 30, 2024 30.87%
Jun 30, 2024 33.90%
Mar 31, 2024 37.05%
Dec 31, 2023 37.93%
Sep 30, 2023 36.98%
Jun 30, 2023 34.50%
Mar 31, 2023 31.84%
Dec 31, 2022 31.15%
Sep 30, 2022 28.64%
Jun 30, 2022 23.19%
Mar 31, 2022 23.46%
Dec 31, 2021 27.93%
Sep 30, 2021 27.74%
Jun 30, 2021 31.29%