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Duolingo (DUOL) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2025)

Duolingo has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years, most recently at 0.1% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.1% for Q4 2025, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.1% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.12%, up 4.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.1% at Duolingo, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for DUOL hit a ceiling of 0.1% in Q4 2025 and a floor of 0.18% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: changed 0bps in 2022 and later grew 13bps in 2024.
  • Duolingo's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.12% in 2021, then fell by -3bps to 0.12% in 2022, then soared by 82bps to 0.02% in 2023, then surged by 458bps to 0.07% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 31bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.