Growth Metrics

Data Storage (DTST) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Data Storage's Return on Capital Employed history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.06% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.06% for Q4 2025, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.06% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.11%, up 5.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.06% at Data Storage, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.22% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.06% (2022), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -20bps in 2023, then increased 23bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then plummeted by -517bps to 0.2% in 2022, then soared by 96bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -937bps to 0.09% in 2024, then grew by 26bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.06%, 0.1%, and 0.11% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.