Amazon Com Inc (AMZN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Amazon Com (AMZN) posted Return on Capital Employed of 12.12% for Q1 2026, down 14.66% sequentially from 14.2% in Q3 2025, and down 225.0% YoY from 9.7% in Q1 2025.
Amazon Com Inc (AMZN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Amazon Com (AMZN) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.12% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 225.0% year-over-year to 12.12% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.12% (down 225.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 14.41%, down 172.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 12.12% in Q1 2026 per AMZN's latest filing, from 14.2% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 14.64% in Q2 2025, with the low at 0.9% in Q1 2023.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 9.01%, with a median of 8.7% recorded in 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed sank 618 bps in 2022 and surged 895 bps in 2024.
- Amazon Com's Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.2% in 2022, then soared by 95 bps to 8.17% in 2023, then jumped by 76 bps to 14.35% in 2024, then dropped by 1 bps to 14.2% in 2025, then retreated by 15 bps to 12.12% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows AMZN's Return on Capital Employed at 12.12% in Q1 2026, 14.2% in Q3 2025, and 14.64% in Q2 2025.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.20% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.64% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.35% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.70% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.75% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.90% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.20% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.20% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.37% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.09% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 8.95% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 13.06% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 11.82% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 11.56% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 9.83% |