Growth Metrics

Timken (TKR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Timken's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Timken, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.14% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.12% (2021), against an average of 0.12%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed increased 1bps in 2021 before it dropped -3bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then increased by 12bps to 0.13% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 0.13% in 2023, then decreased by -21bps to 0.11% in 2024, then fell by -12bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for TKR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).