Autohome Inc. (ATHM) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2025)
Autohome (ATHM) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.04% for Q4 2025, down 82.0% year-over-year from 16.87% in Q4 2024, and down 12.28% on a QoQ basis from 3.46% in Q3 2025.
Autohome Inc. (ATHM) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Autohome (ATHM) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 12 consecutive years, with 3.04% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.
- In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 82.0% year-over-year to 3.04%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 3.04% (down 82.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 3.02%, down 84.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed came in at 3.04% for Q4 2025 at Autohome, down from 3.46% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 14.36% in Q1 2021, with the low at 3.04% in Q4 2025.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 5.72%, with a median of 4.63% recorded in 2024.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 983 bps in 2021 and soared 125 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 7.42% in 2021, then retreated by 29 bps to 5.26% in 2022, then dropped by 13 bps to 4.59% in 2023, then fell by 16 bps to 3.85% in 2024, then dropped by 21 bps to 3.04% in 2025.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 3.04%, 3.46%, and 3.25% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.04% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.46% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.25% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.62% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.85% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.11% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.18% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.26% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.80% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.43% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.90% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.42% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.45% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 12.33% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 14.36% |