Coupang (CPNG) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Coupang's (CPNG) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.97% in Q1 2026, down 613.0% YoY from 0.19% in Q1 2025, and down 81.88% on a QoQ basis from 5.33% in Q4 2025.
Coupang (CPNG) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Coupang (CPNG) has 6 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.97% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 613.0% year-over-year to 0.97% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.97% (down 613.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 6.56%, down 2.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 0.97% in Q1 2026, from 5.33% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 9.64% in Q3 2025 to a low of 34.33% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.47% and a median of 5.33% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed sank 998 bps — and 2023, when it surged 3885 bps.
- Tracing CPNG's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 2.98% in 2022, then soared by 389 bps to 8.6% in 2023, then sank by 38 bps to 5.36% in 2024, then slipped by 1 bps to 5.33% in 2025, then plunged by 82 bps to 0.97% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.97% (Q1 2026), 5.33% (Q4 2025), and 9.64% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -9.29% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.33% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.64% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.09% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.36% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.60% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.23% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.13% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.52% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -13.94% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -22.92% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -34.33% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -38.60% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -30.68% |