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Comcast (CMCSA) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Comcast has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.09% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.09% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.09%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Comcast, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CMCSA hit a ceiling of 0.1% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 0.06% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.09% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.09%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 4bps in 2023, while the deepest fall reached -3bps in 2023.
  • Comcast's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.08% in 2021, then decreased by -27bps to 0.06% in 2022, then surged by 70bps to 0.1% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 0.1% in 2024, then decreased by -15bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.