Growth Metrics

TrueBlue (TBI) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

TrueBlue (TBI) reported Return on Capital Employed of 10.37% for Q1 2026, up 696.0% year-over-year from 1.3% in Q1 2025, and down 16.94% on a QoQ basis from 8.86% in Q4 2025.

TrueBlue (TBI) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 10.37% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 696.0% year-over-year to 10.37% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.37% (up 696.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.99%, up 580.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed retreated to 10.37% in Q1 2026 per TBI's latest filing, from 8.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 11.43% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 17.55% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.77% (2024), against an average of 3.17%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Return on Capital Employed slumped 1609 bps; it then jumped 1104 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing TBI's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 9.52% in 2022, then sank by 136 bps to 3.39% in 2023, then tumbled by 417 bps to 17.55% in 2024, then jumped by 49 bps to 8.86% in 2025, then retreated by 17 bps to 10.37% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest TBI Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 10.37% (Q1 2026), 8.86% (Q4 2025), and 5.25% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn 12.82%
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn 4.93%
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn 81.52%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn 0.46%
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn -2.62%
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn 18.92%
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn 19.89%
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn -5.98%
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn -10.37%
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - 1.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -10.37%
Dec 28, 2025 -8.86%
Sep 28, 2025 -5.25%
Jun 29, 2025 -6.43%
Mar 30, 2025 -17.32%
Dec 29, 2024 -17.55%
Sep 29, 2024 -16.29%
Jun 30, 2024 -13.60%
Mar 31, 2024 -4.77%
Dec 31, 2023 -3.39%
Sep 24, 2023 -1.16%
Jun 25, 2023 2.49%
Mar 26, 2023 7.02%
Dec 25, 2022 9.52%
Sep 25, 2022 11.43%
Jun 26, 2022 11.22%
Mar 27, 2022 9.50%
Dec 26, 2021 8.97%
Sep 26, 2021 7.18%
Jun 27, 2021 6.49%
Mar 28, 2021 0.95%
Dec 27, 2020 -25.89%
Sep 27, 2020 -25.13%
Jun 28, 2020 -20.05%
Mar 29, 2020 -12.45%
Dec 29, 2019 7.33%
Sep 29, 2019 8.54%
Jun 30, 2019 8.46%
Mar 31, 2019 8.44%
Dec 30, 2018 8.19%
Sep 30, 2018 8.87%
Jul 1, 2018 9.38%
Apr 1, 2018 8.89%
Dec 31, 2017 8.54%
Oct 1, 2017 9.03%
Jul 2, 2017 9.10%
Apr 2, 2017 -2.25%
Jan 1, 2017 -1.94%
Sep 23, 2016 -0.84%
Jun 24, 2016 -0.20%
Mar 25, 2016 9.74%
Dec 25, 2015 10.49%
Sep 25, 2015 11.74%
Jun 26, 2015 11.51%
Mar 27, 2015 10.32%
Dec 26, 2014 9.66%
Sep 26, 2014 10.23%
Jun 27, 2014 11.43%
Mar 28, 2014 11.46%
Dec 27, 2013 10.14%
Sep 27, 2013 8.72%
Jun 28, 2013 8.14%
Mar 29, 2013 8.67%
Dec 28, 2012 10.90%
Sep 28, 2012 11.29%
Jun 29, 2012 11.59%
Mar 30, 2012 10.93%
Dec 30, 2011 10.59%
Sep 30, 2011 9.74%
Jul 1, 2011 20.19%
Apr 1, 2011 12.23%
Dec 31, 2010 7.06%
Sep 24, 2010 6.66%