High return on capital at a low P/E
The ruleReturn on capital employed above 20%, and a P/E in the lowest third of the profitable US companies on greeksoup.
94of 1,569 companies at the 9 October 2026 closeMedian company on the list, past year +2.9%S&P 500, past year +38.0%
| Company | 1 year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. AMP | 79.4% | 12.1 | 41.3% | $44.2B | |
| Micron Technology Inc. MU | 70.4% | 13.9 | 44.3% | $1.16T | |
| Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. APAM | 67.6% | 8.0 | 20.8% | $2.7B | |
| Encore Capital Group Inc. ECPG | 66.5% | 7.5 | 6.6% | $2.1B | |
| Tapestry, Inc. TPR | 62.3% | 15.9 | 22.6% | $23.3B | |
| National Beverage Corp. FIZZ | 59.2% | 16.4 | 13.7% | $2.9B | |
| Autonation, Inc. AN | 58.4% | 7.3 | 0.0% | $5.2B | |
| Buckle Inc. BKE | 56.6% | 10.2 | 14.4% | $2.3B | |
| H&R Block Inc. HRB | 56.4% | 7.7 | 19.2% | $5.4B | |
| Adobe Inc. ADBE | 56.1% | 13.5 | 40.8% | $94.7B | |
| Deckers Outdoor Corp. DECK | 54.4% | 11.8 | 20.2% | $11.3B | |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF | 54.1% | 12.2 | 10.6% | $6.1B | |
| ING Groep N.V. ING | 47.5% | 10.7 | n/a | $96.8B | |
| Western Digital Corp. WDC | 44.9% | 16.4 | 27.2% | $143.4B | |
| Lennox International Inc. LII | 42.6% | 16.1 | 13.9% | $12.4B | |
| PAR Pacific Holdings, Inc. PARR | 42.5% | 4.8 | 4.8% | $4.1B | |
| Evercore Inc. EVR | 41.9% | 15.4 | 34.5% | $11.2B | |
| Infosys Limited INFY | 41.7% | 13.4 | n/a | $43.5B | |
| Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM | 41.6% | 12.5 | 4.0% | $6.1B | |
| HCI Group, Inc. HCI | 41.5% | 8.2 | 43.0% | $2.4B | |
| lululemon athletica Inc. LULU | 41.3% | 7.7 | 12.2% | $10.1B | |
| IES Holdings, Inc. IESC | 40.1% | 13.2 | 5.7% | $5.9B | |
| Allstate Corp. ALL | 39.5% | 4.6 | 17.5% | $58.3B | |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY | 39.4% | 14.5 | 4.2% | $18.3B | |
| Novo Nordisk A/S NVO | 39.3% | 11.2 | 19.1% | $172.4B | |
| Adma Biologics, Inc. ADMA | 37.1% | 14.8 | 22.7% | $2.3B | |
| APA Corp. APA | 35.5% | 9.7 | n/a | $16.1B | |
| CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF | 35.5% | 8.3 | 24.7% | $16.9B | |
| Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR | 34.6% | 14.5 | n/a | $22.3B | |
| Progressive Corp. PGR | 34.6% | 10.9 | 17.5% | $126.4B | |
| GoDaddy Inc. GDDY | 33.6% | 15.5 | 33.4% | $13.2B | |
| Primerica, Inc. PRI | 32.9% | 11.1 | n/a | $8.5B | |
| Virtu Financial, Inc. VIRT | 32.8% | 9.6 | 12.8% | $5.0B | |
| Newmont Corp. NEM | 32.7% | 14.9 | 37.8% | $124.2B | |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. FHI | 32.7% | 10.5 | n/a | $4.1B | |
| Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. KNSL | 31.6% | 13.7 | 50.1% | $7.7B | |
| Murphy USA Inc. MUSA | 31.2% | 16.1 | 2.5% | $9.7B | |
| Crocs, Inc. CROX | 31.2% | 9.9 | 17.4% | $5.5B | |
| Renaissancere Holdings Ltd. RNR | 31.2% | 5.6 | n/a | $13.9B | |
| GAP Inc. GAP | 30.9% | 6.9 | 6.2% | $8.2B | |
| Mercury General Corp. MCY | 30.7% | 6.1 | 19.9% | $5.7B | |
| Mueller Industries Inc. MLI | 30.1% | 15.8 | 14.3% | $13.4B | |
| Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC | 28.4% | 15.6 | 8.4% | $127.8B | |
| Incyte Corp. INCY | 28.0% | 14.4 | n/a | $22.7B | |
| International Seaways, Inc. INSW | 27.7% | 7.7 | 21.5% | $5.9B | |
| A. O. Smith Corp. AOS | 27.3% | 15.7 | 16.8% | $7.8B | |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ERIC | 27.2% | 11.3 | 12.8% | $32.2B | |
| RLI Corp. RLI | 27.0% | 11.7 | 26.2% | $5.1B | |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. BBVA | 26.1% | 13.2 | 38.3% | $149.0B | |
| Urban Outfitters Inc. URBN | 25.6% | 12.8 | 4.6% | $7.0B | |
| Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) PBR | 25.6% | 8.3 | n/a | $163.0B | |
| Tenet Healthcare Corp. THC | 25.6% | 10.2 | 13.9% | $21.2B | |
| Signet Jewelers Ltd. SIG | 25.4% | 12.1 | 7.9% | $4.1B | |
| Gulfport Energy Corp. GPOR | 25.2% | 6.5 | n/a | $2.9B | |
| American Eagle Outfitters Inc. AEO | 24.6% | 9.4 | 6.0% | $3.0B | |
| Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV | 24.5% | 9.8 | n/a | $76.9B | |
| PBF Energy Inc. PBF | 24.3% | 7.5 | 2.2% | $10.2B | |
| Autoliv Inc. ALV | 24.3% | 12.9 | 6.8% | $8.0B | |
| Credit Acceptance Corp. CACC | 24.3% | 12.0 | 52.4% | $5.7B | |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. CINF | 23.8% | 7.7 | 24.4% | $25.1B | |
| OLD Republic International Corp. ORI | 23.7% | 8.4 | n/a | $9.2B | |
| Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. BOOT | 23.5% | 15.2 | 5.0% | $3.6B | |
| Amerisafe Inc. AMSF | 23.4% | 9.9 | 5.8% | $453M | |
| GSK plc GSK | 23.3% | 12.7 | 19.6% | $93.3B | |
| Yelp Inc. YELP | 23.2% | 8.9 | 20.2% | $1.0B | |
| PepsiCo Inc. PEP | 23.2% | 15.8 | n/a | $171.7B | |
| Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. THG | 23.0% | 10.5 | 18.5% | $7.6B | |
| PDD Holdings Inc. PDD | 22.5% | 8.3 | n/a | $115.8B | |
| Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. ATMU | 22.4% | 16.4 | 10.0% | $3.5B | |
| EOG Resources Inc. EOG | 22.4% | 11.5 | 47.3% | $77.7B | |
| Pool Corp. POOL | 22.3% | 14.7 | 5.6% | $5.8B | |
| Interface Inc. TILE | 22.2% | 14.1 | 8.6% | $2.0B | |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. MGY | 22.2% | 10.6 | n/a | $5.7B | |
| Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. ASO | 22.1% | 8.9 | 5.4% | $3.3B | |
| Stride, Inc. LRN | 22.0% | 11.9 | n/a | $3.5B | |
| Assurant, Inc. AIZ | 21.8% | 12.7 | 12.3% | $13.2B | |
| Unilever plc UL | 21.7% | 12.8 | 13.7% | $135.8B | |
| Cirrus Logic, Inc. CRUS | 21.6% | 13.1 | 27.9% | $5.4B | |
| NetEase, Inc. NTES | 21.5% | 15.9 | 44.1% | $79.3B | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. CTSH | 21.5% | 12.7 | 12.0% | $26.8B | |
| Teradata Corp. TDC | 21.4% | 6.4 | 43.5% | $2.8B | |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. TROW | 21.2% | 10.5 | 22.0% | $22.4B | |
| Solventum Corp. SOLV | 21.0% | 10.7 | -1.4% | $14.9B | |
| Kennametal Inc. KMT | 21.0% | 7.3 | -3.4% | $2.4B | |
| Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. HIG | 20.9% | 8.3 | n/a | $35.0B | |
| Sanfilippo John B & SON Inc. JBSS | 20.8% | 12.7 | 3.0% | $792M | |
| Vontier Corp. VNT | 20.7% | 13.4 | 12.5% | $4.4B | |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS | 20.7% | 14.1 | 19.7% | $23.4B | |
| Aon plc AON | 20.6% | 15.1 | 18.5% | $58.0B | |
| Genpact Ltd. G | 20.6% | 10.2 | 10.9% | $5.8B | |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. BAH | 20.5% | 11.6 | 10.1% | $8.9B | |
| Perdoceo Education Corp. PRDO | 20.4% | 12.3 | 25.4% | $2.1B | |
| SiriusPoint Ltd. SPNT | 20.2% | 6.1 | n/a | $2.9B | |
| Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. HRMY | 20.0% | 13.1 | n/a | $2.3B |
The past-year figures show how the companies on the list did over the year behind them; they are no test of the rule going forward.