Costar (CSGP) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Costar (CSGP) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.27% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 33.0% year-over-year to 0.27% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.27%, a 33.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.79%, down 85.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 0.27%, up from 0.73% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CSGP reached as high as 6.66% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 0.82% in Q3 2025.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 2.55% across 5 years, with a median of 1.99% in 2024.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 188 bps in 2022 and tumbled 369 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.69% in 2022, then plunged by 41 bps to 3.36% in 2023, then plunged by 98 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then plunged by 1332 bps to 0.73% in 2025, then soared by 62 bps to 0.27% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 0.27% in Q1 2026, 0.73% in Q4 2025, and 0.82% in Q3 2025.