Growth Metrics

Costar (CSGP) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Costar has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.27% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 33.0% to 0.27% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.27% through Mar 2026, down 33.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.79% for FY2025, 85.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.27% for Q1 2026 at Costar, up from 0.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 6.66% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.82% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.99% (2024), against an average of 2.55%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed skyrocketed 188bps in 2022 and then crashed -369bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.69% in 2022, then plummeted by -41bps to 3.36% in 2023, then plummeted by -98bps to 0.06% in 2024, then crashed by -1332bps to 0.73% in 2025, then soared by 62bps to 0.27% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CSGP's Return on Capital Employed are 0.27% (Q1 2026), 0.73% (Q4 2025), and 0.82% (Q3 2025).