Growth Metrics

BuzzFeed (BZFDW) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

BuzzFeed posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 54.15% for Q1 2026, down 4226.0% year-on-year from 1.31% in Q1 2025, and down 18.11% on a QoQ basis from 45.84% in Q4 2025.

BuzzFeed (BZFDW) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 54.15% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 4226.0% year-over-year to 54.15%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 54.15% (down 4226.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 43.71%, down 3299.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 54.15%, down from 45.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 7.74% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 54.15% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 25.36% (2023), against an average of 23.43%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Return on Capital Employed soared 2150 bps; it then slumped 4226 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 25.4% in 2022, then gained by 9 bps to 23.16% in 2023, then surged by 33 bps to 15.47% in 2024, then tumbled by 196 bps to 45.84% in 2025, then slipped by 18 bps to 54.15% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 54.15% (Q1 2026), 45.84% (Q4 2025), and 16.35% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,554.43 Bn 4,338.81 Bn 102.29 Bn 25.65%
2 Meta Platforms 1,602.78 Bn 1,521.60 Bn 46.09 Bn 26.53%
3 Spotify Technology 119.86 Bn 109.62 Bn 1.75 Bn -
4 Reddit 33.71 Bn 30.94 Bn 511.94 Mn 20.06%
5 Nebius 22.38 Bn 22.38 Bn 295.20 Mn -
6 Pinterest 12.76 Bn 11.46 Bn 768.96 Mn 6.06%
7 Kanzhun 12.59 Bn 10.49 Bn 255.62 Bn -
8 Snap 9.64 Bn 6.81 Bn 1.29 Bn -6.47%
9 Match 8.43 Bn 7.41 Bn 653.28 Mn 26.54%
10 BuzzFeed - - 9.21 Mn -54.15%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%