Growth Metrics

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

Apple (AAPL) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.69% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 8.0% year-over-year to 0.69%, compared with a TTM value of 0.69% through Dec 2025, up 8.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.71%, up 12.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.69% for Q4 2025 at Apple, down from 0.7% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 1.15% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 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.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital soared 47bps in 2021, then tumbled -57bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for AAPL at 0.69% in Q4 2025, 0.7% in Q3 2025, and 0.63% in Q2 2025.