Highest return-on-equity Industrials companies
Industrials-sector companies ranked by trailing return on equity (ROE). Delayed fundamentals from market data, shown with their as-of date.
12 companies were left out of this ranking: 7 because shareholders' equity on the latest balance sheet is zero or negative, so a return on it is not meaningful; 3 because the latest figure is from a fiscal year older than this ranking's window; 2 because equity is under half of one year's net income (ROE beyond 200%), so the ratio reflects a shrunken equity base rather than returns.
Ranked by ROE, FTAI Aviation (FTAI) leads the covered catalog at +149.9%.
| # | Company | Sector | ROE | Net margin | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FTAI Aviation (FTAI) | Industrials | +149.9% | +20.0% | $16.2B |
| 2 | Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | Industrials | +95.0% | +19.1% | $78.7B |
| 3 | Lyft (LYFT) | Industrials | +86.9% | +48.2% | $6.5B |
| 4 | Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) | Industrials | +77.0% | +7.6% | $9.9B |
| 5 | Lockheed Martin (LMT) | Industrials | +74.6% | +6.7% | $146.7B |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | Industrials | +73.2% | +20.1% | $119.6B |
| 7 | Lennox International (LII) | Industrials | +69.3% | +15.5% | $12.6B |
| 8 | GRIFFON CORP (GFF) | Industrials | +69.1% | +2.0% | $4.4B |
| 9 | 3M (MMM) | Industrials | +68.5% | +13.0% | $89.3B |
| 10 | POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC (PSIX) | Industrials | +63.8% | +15.8% | $1.1B |
| 11 | WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) | Industrials | +57.6% | +13.7% | $528M |
| 12 | ATMUS FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES INC (ATMU) | Industrials | +54.8% | +11.8% | $3.6B |
| 13 | GFL Environmental (GFL) | Industrials | +50.9% | +57.6% | n/a |
| 14 | BLUE BIRD CORP (BLBD) | Industrials | +50.0% | +8.6% | $1.8B |
| 15 | BRINKS (BCO) | Industrials | +49.0% | +3.8% | $4.6B |
| 16 | Paychex (PAYX) | Industrials | +47.1% | +27.0% | $41.2B |
| 17 | VERRA MOBILITY CORP CLASS A (VRRM) | Industrials | +46.6% | +14.0% | $470M |
| 18 | GE Aerospace (GE) | Industrials | +46.6% | +19.0% | $298.0B |
| 19 | W. W. Grainger (GWW) | Industrials | +45.7% | +9.5% | $63.9B |
| 20 | SPIRE GLOBAL INC CLASS A (SPIR) | Industrials | +45.4% | +71.7% | $371M |
| 21 | Comfort Systems USA (FIX) | Industrials | +41.8% | +11.2% | $43.5B |
| 22 | Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) | Industrials | +41.7% | +13.1% | $318.2B |
| 23 | Carlisle Companies (CSL) | Industrials | +41.3% | +14.8% | $13.7B |
| 24 | Boeing (BA) | Industrials | +41.0% | +2.5% | $148.8B |
| 25 | GE Vernova (GEV) | Industrials | +39.7% | +12.8% | $227.7B |
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Data: SEC EDGAR (filings) + market data (fundamentals, delayed daily-close). Every figure is shown with its as-of date on the company page; a company with no data for this metric is excluded from the ranking, never estimated.
Last updated 2026-10-26 — rankings shift as the underlying data refreshes.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.