Growth Metrics

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

Apple's Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.69% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 8.0% year-over-year to 0.69%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.69%, up 8.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.71%, 12.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.69% in Q4 2025 per AAPL's latest filing, down from 0.7% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 1.15% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.54% in Q4 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.65%, with a median of 0.59% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: soared 47bps in 2021, then tumbled -57bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.54% in 2021, then increased by 8bps to 0.58% in 2022, then decreased by 0bps to 0.58% in 2023, then increased by 5bps to 0.61% in 2024, then increased by 13bps to 0.69% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAPL's Return on Invested Capital are 0.69% (Q4 2025), 0.7% (Q3 2025), and 0.63% (Q2 2025).