Block (BSQKZ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Block's (BSQKZ) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.34% in Q1 2026, up 86.0% year-on-year from 2.33% in Q1 2025, and down 26.34% quarter-over-quarter from 5.89% in Q4 2025.

Block (BSQKZ) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Block has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 4.34% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 4.34%, up 86.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.34% (up 86.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6.15%, up 276.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 4.34% for Q1 2026 at Block, down from 5.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.89% in Q4 2025 to a low of 2.86% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.11% (2024), against an average of 0.95%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 628 bps in 2022 and soared 435 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Block's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.86% in 2022, then soared by 59 bps to 1.17% in 2023, then jumped by 373 bps to 3.18% in 2024, then jumped by 85 bps to 5.89% in 2025, then declined by 26 bps to 4.34% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.34% (Q1 2026), 5.89% (Q4 2025), and 4.43% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Microsoft 2,819.83 Bn 2,741.56 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,056.91 Bn 1,042.76 Bn 7.23 Mn 0.01%
3 Oracle 530.68 Bn 492.11 Bn 15.14 Bn 10.62%
4 Palantir Technologies 306.85 Bn 298.93 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
5 Palo Alto Networks 199.03 Bn 194.49 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 170.56 Bn 167.51 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
7 Fortinet 106.91 Bn 103.62 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
8 Synopsys 86.43 Bn 86.31 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 Cloudflare 79.42 Bn 78.48 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
10 Block - - 2.91 Bn 4.34%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.34%
Dec 31, 2025 5.89%
Sep 30, 2025 4.43%
Jun 30, 2025 4.33%
Mar 31, 2025 3.48%
Dec 31, 2024 3.18%
Sep 30, 2024 2.78%
Jun 30, 2024 1.71%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.11%
Dec 31, 2023 -1.17%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.25%
Jun 30, 2023 -1.40%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.78%
Dec 31, 2022 -2.86%
Sep 30, 2022 -2.50%
Jun 30, 2022 -2.14%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.83%
Dec 31, 2021 2.03%
Sep 30, 2021 3.14%
Jun 30, 2021 4.14%