BuzzFeed (BZFD) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026)
BuzzFeed (BZFD) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -55.75% in Q2 2026, down 47.25 percentage points from -8.50% a year earlier and down 1.60 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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BuzzFeed (BZFD) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, BuzzFeed reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -43.71%, down 32.99 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a four-year change of -37.15 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -10.72% in FY2024 (+7.73 pp), -18.45% in FY2023 (+6.42 pp), -24.87% in FY2022 (-18.30 pp) and -6.56% in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q4 2021.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.39 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 21.50 percentage points in Q2 2025, against a drop of 47.25 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -54.15% (Q1 2026), -45.84% (Q4 2025) and -16.35% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.60 Bn | 63.26 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -1.56% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.84 Bn | 12.75 Bn | - | 11.70% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.35 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 4.52% |
| 4 | News | 15.97 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - | 8.19% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 10.53 Bn | 8.45 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.25 Bn | 7.39 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.06 Bn | 7.55 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 20.89% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.67 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 6.68% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | BuzzFeed | 92.50 Mn | 27.26 Mn | 13.50 Mn | -55.75% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -55.75% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -54.15% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -45.84% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -16.35% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -8.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -11.88% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -15.47% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -26.15% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -29.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -26.47% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -23.16% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -25.36% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -27.13% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -26.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -25.40% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -16.31% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -12.30% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -7.74% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -6.48% |
API Access
BuzzFeed Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=BZFD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "BZFD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=BZFD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();