Growth Metrics

Booking Holdings (BKNG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Booking Holdings filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 104.07% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 3328.0% to 104.07% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 104.07%, a 3328.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 74.86%, up 207.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 104.07% in Q1 2026 for Booking Holdings, up from 71.69% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 104.07% in Q1 2026 to a low of 19.19% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 55.56% (2024), compared with a mean of 55.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 368bps in 2025 and later soared 3328bps in 2026.
  • Booking Holdings' Return on Capital Employed stood at 33.48% in 2022, then soared by 49bps to 50.05% in 2023, then grew by 24bps to 61.95% in 2024, then rose by 16bps to 71.69% in 2025, then surged by 45bps to 104.07% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 104.07% (Q1 2026), 71.69% (Q4 2025), and 63.36% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.