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Apple (AAPL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Apple filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 61.26% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 470.0% to 61.26% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 61.26%, a 470.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 67.72%, up 16.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 61.26% in Q1 2026 for Apple, down from 68.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 74.02% in Q3 2025 to a low of 50.07% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 59.44% (2024), compared with a mean of 60.04%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -510bps in 2023 and later soared 1410bps in 2024.
  • Apple's Return on Capital Employed stood at 53.64% in 2022, then increased by 1bps to 54.16% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 59.8% in 2024, then grew by 14bps to 68.18% in 2025, then decreased by -10bps to 61.26% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 61.26% (Q1 2026), 68.18% (Q4 2025), and 74.02% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.