Growth Metrics

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) Return on Capital Employed (2012 - 2026)

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 12.28% for Q1 2026, up 160.0% year-on-year from 4.72% in Q1 2025, and up 6.66% on a QoQ basis from 11.51% in Q4 2025.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.28% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 160.0% year-over-year to 12.28%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 12.28% (up 160.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 11.6%, up 145.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 12.28%, up from 11.51% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 15.79% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 4.1% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.45% (2024), against an average of 9.2%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed surged 900 bps; it then slumped 1159 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.11% in 2022, then jumped by 85 bps to 7.6% in 2023, then soared by 33 bps to 10.07% in 2024, then gained by 14 bps to 11.51% in 2025, then climbed by 7 bps to 12.28% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 12.28% (Q1 2026), 11.51% (Q4 2025), and 11.25% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 22.73%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 12.28%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 17.72%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 8.27%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -22.66%
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 10.64%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -67.00%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -29.31%
10 374Water 42.95 Mn 42.95 Mn -2.43 Mn -293.71%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 12.28%
Dec 31, 2025 11.51%
Sep 30, 2025 11.25%
Jun 30, 2025 11.07%
Mar 31, 2025 10.68%
Dec 31, 2024 10.07%
Sep 30, 2024 9.45%
Jun 30, 2024 9.02%
Mar 31, 2024 8.18%
Dec 31, 2023 7.60%
Sep 30, 2023 6.92%
Jun 30, 2023 4.20%
Mar 31, 2023 4.10%
Dec 31, 2022 4.11%
Sep 30, 2022 5.83%
Jun 30, 2022 15.79%
Mar 31, 2022 14.36%
Dec 31, 2021 4.99%
Sep 30, 2021 5.42%
Jun 30, 2021 6.79%
Mar 31, 2021 7.88%
Dec 31, 2020 9.96%
Sep 30, 2020 4.46%
Jun 30, 2020 4.89%
Mar 31, 2020 5.53%
Dec 31, 2019 9.50%
Sep 30, 2019 14.91%
Jun 30, 2019 14.84%
Mar 31, 2019 14.99%
Dec 31, 2018 10.28%
Sep 30, 2018 10.29%
Jun 30, 2018 9.55%
Mar 31, 2018 9.08%
Dec 31, 2017 8.68%
Sep 30, 2017 7.44%
Jun 30, 2017 7.03%
Mar 31, 2017 6.56%
Dec 31, 2016 4.66%
Sep 30, 2016 5.35%
Jun 30, 2016 5.41%
Mar 31, 2016 5.94%
Dec 31, 2015 6.45%
Sep 30, 2015 6.01%
Jun 30, 2015 6.72%
Mar 31, 2015 5.36%
Dec 31, 2014 6.67%
Sep 30, 2014 7.74%
Jun 30, 2014 7.53%
Mar 31, 2014 9.58%
Dec 28, 2013 9.41%
Sep 28, 2013 9.04%
Jun 29, 2013 8.39%
Mar 31, 2013 8.58%
Dec 29, 2012 8.38%
Sep 29, 2012 8.25%
Jun 30, 2012 8.14%