Stantec (STN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026)
Stantec's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 23.83% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 10.32 percentage points from 34.14% a year earlier and down 0.39 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Stantec (STN) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Stantec came in at 23.67%, down 0.84 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +8.97 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 24.51% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+8.79 pp), 15.73% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+1.77 pp), 13.96% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+0.82 pp) and 13.14% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-1.56 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.14 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a gain of 46.35 percentage points); the worst was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021 (a drop of 42.34 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, STN's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was 24.21% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 26.11% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 27.92% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quanta Services | 101.70 Bn | 99.89 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.55% |
| 2 | Ferrovial | 38.65 Bn | 19.25 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Emcor | 34.80 Bn | 31.19 Bn | 1.02 Bn | 41.90% |
| 4 | Mastec | 17.34 Bn | 16.24 Bn | 556.28 Mn | 12.51% |
| 5 | Sterling Infrastructure | 16.37 Bn | 14.73 Bn | 289.96 Mn | 35.48% |
| 6 | Jacobs Solutions | 16.17 Bn | 10.82 Bn | 810.70 Mn | 8.23% |
| 7 | IES Holdings | 13.52 Bn | 12.39 Bn | 340.66 Mn | 41.31% |
| 8 | Dycom Industries | 8.20 Bn | 7.33 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Stantec | 7.70 Bn | 7.70 Bn | - | 23.83% |
| 10 | Aecom | 7.68 Bn | 3.00 Bn | -34.04 Mn | 10.51% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 23.83% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 24.21% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 26.11% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 27.92% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 34.14% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 37.30% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 37.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 34.44% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 32.51% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 35.53% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 34.07% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 33.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.61% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 30.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 29.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -8.10% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -13.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -16.02% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -16.78% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 25.05% |
API Access
Stantec Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=STN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "STN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=STN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();