Growth Metrics

Airbnb (ABNB) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2025)

Airbnb has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 0.28% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.28% for Q4 2025, up 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.28% (up 6.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.32%, up 8.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.28% at Airbnb, up from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ABNB hit a ceiling of 0.4% in Q1 2025 and a floor of 0.77% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.19% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 92bps in 2022 and later decreased -12bps in 2024.
  • Airbnb's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.06% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 279bps to 0.22% in 2022, then tumbled by -39bps to 0.14% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 64bps to 0.22% in 2024, then rose by 26bps to 0.28% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.28% (Q4 2025), 0.25% (Q3 2025), and 0.36% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.