Growth Metrics

Baidu (BIDU) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Baidu has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 1.62% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 776.0% year-over-year to 1.62%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.62%, down 776.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.65%, 787.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 1.62% at Baidu, down from 0.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.76% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 1.62% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.5% and a median of 0.0% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -833bps in 2021 and later soared 613bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.41% in 2021, then crashed by -100bps to 0.0% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 30bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 56439748bps to 6.13% in 2024, then crashed by -126bps to 1.62% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for BIDU at 1.62% in Q4 2025, 0.98% in Q3 2025, and 4.83% in Q2 2025.