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Broadcom (AVGO) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2026)

Broadcom filings provide 9 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 18.09% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 589.0% to 18.09% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 18.09%, a 589.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 17.01%, up 388.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 18.09% in Q1 2026 for Broadcom, up from 17.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 25.0% in Q4 2023 to a low of 8.41% in Q2 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 17.01% (2025), compared with a mean of 16.86%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 954bps in 2022 and later crashed -1623bps in 2024.
  • Broadcom's Return on Capital Employed stood at 21.81% in 2022, then rose by 15bps to 25.0% in 2023, then plummeted by -64bps to 8.97% in 2024, then surged by 90bps to 17.01% in 2025, then grew by 6bps to 18.09% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 18.09% (Q1 2026), 17.01% (Q4 2025), and 15.23% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.