Growth Metrics

Timken (TKR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Timken's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 9.29% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 130.0% to 9.29% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 9.29%, a 130.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 9.62%, down 119.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 9.29% in Q4 2025 for Timken, up from 9.18% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for TKR hit a ceiling of 14.02% in Q3 2023 and a floor of 9.18% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 11.78% across 5 years, with a median of 12.1% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 144bps in 2021 and later tumbled -330bps in 2024.
  • Tracing TKR's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 12.04% in 2021, then rose by 12bps to 13.44% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 13.35% in 2023, then decreased by -21bps to 10.59% in 2024, then fell by -12bps to 9.29% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for TKR at 9.29% in Q4 2025, 9.18% in Q3 2025, and 9.47% in Q2 2025.