Afya (AFYA) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)

Afya's (AFYA) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 14.73% in Q1 2026, down 11.0% year-on-year from 16.55% in Q1 2025, and up 5.29% quarter-over-quarter from 13.99% in Q4 2025.

Afya (AFYA) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Afya has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 8 years of filings, most recently posting 14.73% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 14.73%, down 11.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.73% (down 11.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.37%, up 227.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 14.73% for Q1 2026 at Afya, up from 13.99% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.2% in Q2 2025 to a low of 9.03% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.46% (2024), against an average of 12.52%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 346 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 57 bps in 2022.
  • Afya's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.14% in 2022, then rose by 2 bps to 11.32% in 2023, then rose by 24 bps to 14.05% in 2024, then fell by 0 bps to 13.99% in 2025, then advanced by 5 bps to 14.73% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 14.73% (Q1 2026), 13.99% (Q4 2025), and 15.75% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 7.64 Bn 7.60 Bn 22.18 Mn 46.13%
2 Graham Holdings 4.92 Bn 3.91 Bn 841.00 Mn 3.48%
3 Laureate Education 4.86 Bn 4.70 Bn -16.39 Mn 23.56%
4 Covista 4.36 Bn 4.35 Bn 276.31 Mn 4.10%
5 Stride 4.16 Bn 3.36 Bn 231.57 Mn 19.19%
6 Grand Canyon Education 3.97 Bn 3.72 Bn 244.77 Mn 7.87%
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.35 Bn 2.19 Bn 103.97 Mn 8.69%
8 Perdoceo Education 2.13 Bn 1.45 Bn 174.68 Mn 18.63%
9 Strategic Education 1.76 Bn 1.60 Bn - 9.78%
10 Afya 46.97 Mn -152.38 Mn 132.64 Mn 14.73%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.73%
Dec 31, 2025 13.99%
Sep 30, 2025 15.75%
Jun 30, 2025 16.20%
Mar 31, 2025 14.84%
Dec 31, 2024 14.05%
Sep 30, 2024 13.07%
Jun 30, 2024 13.11%
Mar 31, 2024 12.46%
Dec 31, 2023 11.32%
Sep 30, 2023 10.89%
Jun 30, 2023 10.38%
Mar 31, 2023 11.18%
Dec 31, 2022 11.14%
Sep 30, 2022 10.70%
Jun 30, 2022 9.92%
Mar 31, 2022 9.03%
Dec 31, 2021 7.68%
Sep 30, 2021 7.45%
Jun 30, 2021 8.84%