Growth Metrics

Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Universal Logistics Holdings posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.44% for Q4 2025, down 411.0% year-on-year from 0.46% in Q4 2024, and up 89.75% on a QoQ basis from 14.08% in Q3 2025.

Universal Logistics Holdings (ULH) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.44% in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 411.0% year-over-year to 1.44%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 1.44% (down 411.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.44%, down 444.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 1.44%, up from 14.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 26.29% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 14.08% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 15.33% (2023), against an average of 12.22%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 1368 bps; it then plunged 3044 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 12.61% in 2021, then soared by 109 bps to 26.29% in 2022, then slumped by 44 bps to 14.6% in 2023, then tumbled by 82 bps to 2.67% in 2024, then slumped by 154 bps to 1.44% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.44% (Q4 2025), 14.08% (Q3 2025), and 3.29% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 26.96%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 10.45%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - 10.92%
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 1.68%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 3.81%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn -3.46%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 4.94%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 0.83%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 0.59%
10 Universal Logistics Holdings 422.83 Mn 385.63 Mn 339.25 Mn -1.44%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -1.44%
Sep 27, 2025 -14.08%
Jun 28, 2025 -3.29%
Mar 29, 2025 -1.57%
Dec 31, 2024 2.67%
Sep 28, 2024 16.36%
Jun 29, 2024 17.16%
Mar 30, 2024 17.90%
Dec 31, 2023 14.60%
Sep 30, 2023 16.61%
Jul 1, 2023 20.29%
Apr 1, 2023 24.02%
Dec 31, 2022 26.29%
Oct 1, 2022 24.28%
Jul 2, 2022 18.47%
Apr 2, 2022 16.06%
Dec 31, 2021 12.61%
Oct 2, 2021 12.60%
Jul 3, 2021 13.63%
Apr 3, 2021 11.23%
Dec 31, 2020 10.16%
Oct 3, 2020 9.70%
Jul 4, 2020 5.91%
Apr 4, 2020 8.22%
Dec 31, 2019 9.10%
Sep 28, 2019 10.47%
Jun 29, 2019 14.42%
Mar 30, 2019 15.10%
Dec 31, 2018 14.33%
Sep 29, 2018 17.24%
Jun 30, 2018 12.07%
Mar 31, 2018 8.04%
Dec 31, 2017 6.18%
Sep 30, 2017 4.56%
Jul 1, 2017 7.65%
Apr 1, 2017 10.11%
Dec 31, 2016 11.10%
Oct 1, 2016 15.07%
Jul 2, 2016 17.09%
Apr 2, 2016 21.32%
Dec 31, 2015 20.29%
Sep 26, 2015 17.76%
Jun 27, 2015 19.47%
Mar 28, 2015 20.11%
Dec 31, 2014 19.59%
Sep 27, 2014 19.89%
Jun 28, 2014 20.54%
Mar 29, 2014 21.11%
Dec 31, 2013 27.11%
Sep 28, 2013 33.56%
Jun 29, 2013 33.17%
Mar 30, 2013 31.82%
Dec 31, 2012 29.68%
Sep 29, 2012 27.59%
Mar 31, 2012 22.81%
Dec 31, 2011 20.87%
Oct 1, 2011 37.21%