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High return on capital stocks, screened for ROCE above 20%
249 companies match this screen, screened 18 Oct 2026.
Return on capital employed divides operating profit by the equity and debt the business actually runs on, so it answers a narrow question: how much does this company earn on the money tied up inside it. Above 20% is a high bar and the figure comes straight from the latest annual filing, unadjusted. It is a backward-looking measurement of one year, and a single good year is not a moat, which is why the five-year ROCE trend is on each company profile rather than in this table.
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Companies with a return on capital employed above 20% in the latest annual filing.
Showing the first 100 of 249 by ROCE. The other 149 are reachable through the screener.
| Company | Ticker | ROCE | Financial score | Growth score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rightmove plc | RMV.L · GBp | 331.0% | 88 | 36 | 56 |
| Trustpilot Group plc | TRST.L · GBp | 155.5% | 51 | 71 | 53 |
| Moonpig Group PLC | MOON.L · GBp | 117.8% | 56 | 61 | 70 |
| Western Digital Corporation | WDC · USD | 104.7% | 85 | 83 | 62 |
| Smiths News plc | SNWS.L · GBp | 101.5% | 68 | 21 | 60 |
| Fair Isaac Corporation | FICO · USD | 91.9% | 56 | 66 | 63 |
| 4imprint Group plc | FOUR.L · GBp | 90.4% | 90 | 43 | 69 |
| Medpace Holdings, Inc. | MEDP · USD | 84.7% | 75 | 79 | 70 |
| Domino's Pizza, Inc. | DPZ · USD | 82.3% | 65 | 49 | 66 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | NVDA · USD | 81.1% | 89 | 100 | 75 |
| Bytes Technology Group plc | BYIT.L · GBp | 80.7% | 68 | 53 | 59 |
| Sandisk Corporation | SNDK · USD | 77.3% | 89 | 48 | 54 |
| Ubiquiti Inc. | UI · USD | 75.4% | 88 | 58 | 60 |
| St. James's Place plc | STJ.L · GBp | 74.9% | 69 | 96 | 75 |
| Otis Worldwide Corporation | OTIS · USD | 74.0% | 38 | 35 | 55 |
| Manhattan Associates, Inc. | MANH · USD | 73.7% | 79 | 80 | 63 |
| Dropbox, Inc. | DBX · USD | 73.2% | 41 | 51 | 62 |
| Games Workshop Group PLC | GAW.L · GBp | 71.6% | 88 | 46 | 62 |
| AppLovin Corporation | APP · USD | 70.2% | 84 | 100 | 71 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL · USD | 68.7% | 75 | 41 | 57 |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | BKNG · USD | 67.2% | 58 | 81 | 74 |
| Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC | ALFA.L · GBp | 65.7% | 78 | 50 | 65 |
| Autotrader Group plc | AUTO.L · GBp | 63.1% | 79 | 35 | 63 |
| IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | IDXX · USD | 61.9% | 82 | 63 | 61 |
| Mastercard Incorporated | MA · USD | 61.5% | 74 | 65 | 63 |
| AJ Bell plc | AJB.L · GBp | 60.3% | 92 | 59 | 67 |
| Plus500 Ltd. | PLUS.L · GBp | 58.8% | 88 | 25 | 75 |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc | STX · USD | 58.1% | 76 | 66 | 62 |
| Kainos Group plc | KNOS.L · GBp | 53.1% | 74 | 29 | 54 |
| Softcat plc | SCT.L · GBp | 50.7% | 73 | 35 | 60 |
| Applied Nutrition Plc | APN.L · GBp | 49.9% | 84 | 92 | 69 |
| Lam Research Corporation | LRCX · USD | 47.9% | 88 | 48 | 60 |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | ADP · USD | 47.0% | 63 | 45 | 52 |
| Dunelm Group plc | DNLM.L · GBp | 46.9% | 63 | 28 | 60 |
| Adobe Inc. | ADBE · USD | 46.6% | 77 | 46 | 72 |
| Deckers Outdoor Corporation | DECK · USD | 46.1% | 92 | 66 | 83 |
| O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. | ORLY · USD | 44.8% | 55 | 30 | 54 |
| Wingstop Inc. | WING · USD | 44.6% | 43 | 97 | 59 |
| Boyd Gaming Corporation | BYD · USD | 44.5% | 57 | 39 | 64 |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc. | MTD · USD | 44.4% | 62 | 35 | 50 |
| RingCentral, Inc. | RNG · USD | 44.3% | 40 | 72 | 63 |
| MSCI Inc. | MSCI · USD | 44.0% | 59 | 66 | 57 |
| ASML Holding N.V. | ASML · USD | 43.8% | 83 | 78 | 63 |
| KLA Corporation | KLAC · USD | 43.2% | 81 | 60 | 66 |
| Fortinet, Inc. | FTNT · USD | 43.0% | 75 | 82 | 65 |
| Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | FIX · USD | 42.7% | 84 | 100 | 75 |
| McKesson Corporation | MCK · USD | 42.1% | 63 | 60 | 70 |
| H&R Block, Inc. | HRB · USD | 41.3% | 59 | 33 | 73 |
| IES Holdings, Inc. | IESC · USD | 41.1% | 87 | 80 | 77 |
| MONY Group plc | MONY.L · GBp | 41.0% | 71 | 25 | 61 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | WSM · USD | 40.9% | 68 | 23 | 55 |
| Altria Group, Inc. | MO · USD | 40.9% | 55 | 45 | 64 |
| Foresight Group Holdings Limited | FSG.L · GBp | 39.5% | 75 | 49 | 73 |
| Pan African Resources PLC | PAF.L · GBp | 39.4% | 80 | 100 | 92 |
| Texas Pacific Land Corporation | TPL · USD | 39.4% | 92 | 63 | 63 |
| EMCOR Group, Inc. | EME · USD | 39.2% | 82 | 85 | 76 |
| InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | IHG.L · USD | 39.1% | 47 | 86 | 65 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | ITW · USD | 38.6% | 67 | 27 | 54 |
| Yum! Brands, Inc. | YUM · USD | 38.6% | 37 | 44 | 50 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | LLY · USD | 38.4% | 69 | 65 | 59 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings plc | RR.L · GBp | 38.4% | 58 | 86 | 62 |
| Visa Inc. | V · USD | 38.4% | 74 | 59 | 58 |
| NEXT plc | NXT.L · GBp | 38.4% | 71 | 51 | 65 |
| Fastenal Company | FAST · USD | 38.3% | 96 | 42 | 59 |
| Tapestry, Inc. | TPR · USD | 38.0% | 68 | 35 | 65 |
| Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | EXPD · USD | 37.3% | 85 | 54 | 65 |
| Southern Copper Corporation | SCCO · USD | 37.2% | 87 | 82 | 69 |
| AutoZone, Inc. | AZO · USD | 36.8% | 44 | 32 | 56 |
| IntegraFin Holdings plc | IHP.L · GBp | 36.7% | 63 | 47 | 54 |
| NVR, Inc. | NVR · USD | 36.4% | 88 | 32 | 66 |
| Lennox International Inc. | LII · USD | 36.1% | 72 | 37 | 60 |
| Exelixis, Inc. | EXEL · USD | 35.8% | 89 | 73 | 79 |
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. | GWW · USD | 35.8% | 80 | 45 | 62 |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | PM · USD | 35.3% | 56 | 26 | 43 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | CL · USD | 35.1% | 60 | 18 | 48 |
| RELX PLC | REL.L · GBp | 34.5% | 59 | 40 | 53 |
| Verisk Analytics, Inc. | VRSK · USD | 34.5% | 54 | 31 | 48 |
| Grand Canyon Education, Inc. | LOPE · USD | 34.4% | 92 | 34 | 69 |
| Masco Corporation | MAS · USD | 34.1% | 58 | 17 | 58 |
| Fresnillo plc | FRES.L · GBp | 33.8% | 86 | 66 | 78 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | AMAT · USD | 33.7% | 83 | 31 | 56 |
| lululemon athletica inc. | LULU · USD | 33.7% | 73 | 51 | 75 |
| AngloGold Ashanti plc | AU · USD | 33.4% | 89 | 97 | 86 |
| Cintas Corporation | CTAS · USD | 33.3% | 80 | 46 | 56 |
| Bath & Body Works, Inc. | BBWI · USD | 33.3% | 38 | 6 | 56 |
| The TJX Companies, Inc. | TJX · USD | 32.9% | 80 | 54 | 65 |
| Powell Industries, Inc. | POWL · USD | 32.9% | 84 | 65 | 69 |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | QCOM · USD | 32.5% | 81 | 72 | 67 |
| ME Group International plc | MEGP.L · GBp | 32.5% | 68 | 23 | 63 |
| Ulta Beauty, Inc. | ULTA · USD | 32.4% | 80 | 46 | 65 |
| Alphabet Inc. | GOOG · USD | 32.4% | 83 | 63 | 68 |
| Alphabet Inc. | GOOGL · USD | 32.4% | 83 | 63 | 68 |
| The Clorox Company | CLX · USD | 32.0% | 56 | 7 | 47 |
| A. O. Smith Corporation | AOS · USD | 32.0% | 86 | 38 | 67 |
| SEI Investments Company | SEIC · USD | 31.9% | 91 | 50 | 68 |
| Pegasystems Inc. | PEGA · USD | 31.5% | 85 | 81 | 76 |
| Endeavour Mining plc | EDV.L · GBp | 31.3% | 72 | 97 | 83 |
| Galliford Try Holdings plc | GFRD.L · GBp | 31.1% | 71 | 85 | 80 |
| Rollins, Inc. | ROL · USD | 31.0% | 74 | 54 | 61 |
| Incyte Corporation | INCY · USD | 30.6% | 95 | 47 | 82 |
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