Growth Metrics

Cardlytics (CDLX) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)

Cardlytics (CDLX) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 8 consecutive years, with 0.48% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 31.0% year-over-year to 0.48%, compared with a TTM value of 0.48% through Dec 2025, up 31.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.39%, up 19.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.48% for Q4 2025 at Cardlytics, up from 0.51% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.06% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.97% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.47%, with a median of 0.42% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed crashed -90bps in 2023, then skyrocketed 60bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then crashed by -444bps to 0.73% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 57bps to 0.31% in 2023, then crashed by -153bps to 0.79% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 39bps to 0.48% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for CDLX at 0.48% in Q4 2025, 0.51% in Q3 2025, and 0.78% in Q2 2025.