Duolingo (DUOL) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)

Duolingo's Return on Capital Employed history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.79% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 302.0% year-over-year to 10.79% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 10.79%, a 302.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 12.37%, up 350.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed advanced to 10.79% in Q1 2026 per DUOL's latest filing, from 9.77% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 10.79% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 13.38% in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 1.65% (2024), against an average of 0.59%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 35 bps in 2022 and soared 1317 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.88% in 2022, then surged by 82 bps to 2.09% in 2023, then jumped by 458 bps to 7.47% in 2024, then surged by 31 bps to 9.77% in 2025, then rose by 10 bps to 10.79% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest DUOL Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 10.79% (Q1 2026), 9.77% (Q4 2025), and 8.62% (Q3 2025).