Growth Metrics

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

Apple's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.68% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 8.0% year-over-year to 0.68%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.68%, up 8.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.68%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.68% in Q4 2025 per AAPL's latest filing, down from 0.74% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.74% in Q3 2025 to a low of 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.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 20bps in 2021, then dropped -5bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAPL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.68% (Q4 2025), 0.74% (Q3 2025), and 0.68% (Q2 2025).