Timken (TKR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Timken's (TKR) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.71% in Q1 2026, down 37.0% year-on-year from 15.41% in Q1 2025, and up 4.46% quarter-over-quarter from 9.29% in Q4 2025.

Timken (TKR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Timken has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 9.71% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 9.71%, down 37.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.71% (down 37.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 9.62%, down 119.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.71% for Q1 2026 at Timken, up from 9.29% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 14.02% in Q3 2023 to a low of 9.18% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.02% (2022), against an average of 11.61%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 143 bps in 2022 and tumbled 330 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Timken's Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.44% in 2022, then declined by 1 bps to 13.35% in 2023, then retreated by 21 bps to 10.59% in 2024, then declined by 12 bps to 9.29% in 2025, then grew by 4 bps to 9.71% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.71% (Q1 2026), 9.29% (Q4 2025), and 9.18% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Snap-on 19.71 Bn 17.98 Bn 223.10 Mn 18.58%
2 RBC Bearings 18.58 Bn 18.52 Bn 230.00 Mn 1.69%
3 Lincoln Electric Holdings 14.37 Bn 14.06 Bn 399.13 Mn 26.23%
4 Stanley Black & Decker 11.91 Bn 11.58 Bn 1.16 Bn -65.15%
5 Timken 9.17 Bn 9.33 Bn 394.00 Mn 9.71%
6 Toro 8.55 Bn 8.36 Bn 336.50 Mn 16.49%
7 Kennametal 2.49 Bn 2.42 Bn 207.98 Mn 9.45%
8 Hillman Solutions 1.44 Bn 1.41 Bn 168.58 Mn 4.98%
9 Eastern 129.83 Mn 121.67 Mn 11.93 Mn 4.43%
10 Chicago Rivet & Machine 9.85 Mn 8.40 Mn 958,459.00 -8.23%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.71%
Dec 31, 2025 9.29%
Sep 30, 2025 9.18%
Jun 30, 2025 9.47%
Mar 31, 2025 10.08%
Dec 31, 2024 10.59%
Sep 30, 2024 10.71%
Jun 30, 2024 11.04%
Mar 31, 2024 12.83%
Dec 31, 2023 13.35%
Sep 30, 2023 14.02%
Jun 30, 2023 12.86%
Mar 31, 2023 12.77%
Dec 31, 2022 13.44%
Sep 30, 2022 13.63%
Jun 30, 2022 12.33%
Mar 31, 2022 12.02%
Dec 31, 2021 12.04%
Sep 30, 2021 12.20%
Jun 30, 2021 12.16%