Daily Journal (DJCO) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

Daily Journal has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 years, with the latest figure at 1.79% in Q4 2025.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 93.0% year-over-year to 1.79%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 1.79% (up 93.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.18%, up 153.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 1.79%, down from 1.97% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 2.13% in Q2 2023, with the low at 0.51% in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.91% across 5 years, with a median of 0.86% in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 1133 bps — and 2024, when it tumbled 162 bps.
• Daily Journal's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.69% in 2021, then plunged by 42 bps to 0.4% in 2022, then jumped by 192 bps to 1.18% in 2023, then dropped by 27 bps to 0.86% in 2024, then surged by 109 bps to 1.79% in 2025.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.79% (Q4 2025), 1.97% (Q3 2025), and 1.29% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.