Amazon Com (AMZN) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Amazon Com has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 12.12% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.12%, down 225.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.12% (down 225.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 14.41%, down 172.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 12.12% for Q1 2026 at Amazon Com, down from 14.2% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 14.64% in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.9% in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.7% (2024), against an average of 9.01%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 618 bps in 2022 and jumped 895 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• 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 retreated by 1 bps to 14.2% in 2025, then dropped by 15 bps to 12.12% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 12.12% (Q1 2026), 14.2% (Q3 2025), and 14.64% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.