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Apple (AAPL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.68% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 8.0% year-over-year to 0.68%, compared with a TTM value of 0.68% through Dec 2025, up 8.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.68%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.68% for Q4 2025 at Apple, down from 0.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.74% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.37% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.57%, with a median of 0.55% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed grew 20bps in 2021, then dropped -5bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.53% in 2021, then grew by 0bps to 0.54% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 0.54% in 2023, then increased by 10bps to 0.6% in 2024, then grew by 14bps to 0.68% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for AAPL at 0.68% in Q4 2025, 0.74% in Q3 2025, and 0.68% in Q2 2025.