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AppLovin (APP) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2025)

AppLovin (APP) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 5 consecutive years, with 0.67% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 34.0% to 0.67% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.67%, a 34.0% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.41%, up 27.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.67% for Q3 2025 at AppLovin, up from 0.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.67% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.04% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.15% and a median of 0.04% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -4bps in 2022, then surged 34bps in 2025.
  • AppLovin's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then crashed by -129bps to 0.01% in 2022, then surged by 1779bps to 0.15% in 2023, then soared by 166bps to 0.41% in 2024, then soared by 66bps to 0.67% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for APP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.67% (Q3 2025), 0.5% (Q1 2025), and 0.41% (Q4 2024).