Growth Metrics

Airbnb (ABNB) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Airbnb has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 28.31% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 592.0% year-over-year to 28.31%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 28.31%, up 592.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 32.06%, 807.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 28.31% at Airbnb, up from 24.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 39.67% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 76.65% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 9.43% and a median of 19.13% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 9216bps in 2022 and later plummeted -1177bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.89% in 2021, then surged by 279bps to 22.3% in 2022, then crashed by -39bps to 13.69% in 2023, then surged by 64bps to 22.39% in 2024, then increased by 26bps to 28.31% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for ABNB at 28.31% in Q4 2025, 24.62% in Q3 2025, and 36.14% in Q2 2025.