Growth Metrics

BuzzFeed (BZFD) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2025)

BuzzFeed's Return on Invested Capital history spans 5 years, with the latest figure at 0.77% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 60.0% year-over-year to 0.77%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.77%, down 60.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.62%, 48.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.77% in Q4 2025 per BZFD's latest filing, down from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.77% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.29%, with a median of 0.22% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: soared 43bps in 2022, then crashed -60bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.75% in 2021, then soared by 57bps to 0.32% in 2022, then surged by 40bps to 0.19% in 2023, then increased by 12bps to 0.17% in 2024, then tumbled by -354bps to 0.77% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BZFD's Return on Invested Capital are 0.77% (Q4 2025), 0.24% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).