Growth Metrics

Cheetah Mobile (CMCM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Cheetah Mobile filings provide 12 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 7.95% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1302.0% to 7.95% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 7.95%, a 1302.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 7.28%, down 188.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 7.95% in Q4 2025 for Cheetah Mobile, up from 9.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.96% in Q3 2021 to a low of 20.97% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 9.97% (2024), compared with a mean of 10.95%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 2814bps in 2021 and later crashed -1448bps in 2024.
  • Cheetah Mobile's Return on Capital Employed stood at 7.55% in 2021, then plummeted by -33bps to 10.07% in 2022, then soared by 36bps to 6.49% in 2023, then tumbled by -223bps to 20.97% in 2024, then surged by 62bps to 7.95% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 7.95% (Q4 2025), 9.37% (Q3 2025), and 14.44% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.