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Autozone (AZO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Autozone (AZO) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.37% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 8.0% to 0.37% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.37%, a 8.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.41%, down 7.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.37% for Q4 2025 at Autozone, down from 0.38% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.52% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.34% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.45% and a median of 0.47% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 17bps in 2021, then decreased -8bps in 2025.
  • Autozone's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.48% in 2021, then rose by 2bps to 0.49% in 2022, then fell by 0bps to 0.49% in 2023, then dropped by -8bps to 0.45% in 2024, then dropped by -18bps to 0.37% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AZO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.37% (Q4 2025), 0.38% (Q3 2025), and 0.42% (Q2 2025).