Growth Metrics

Ebay (EBAY) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Ebay has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.17% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.17% for Q4 2025, changed 0.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.17% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.16%, changed 0.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.17% at Ebay, up from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for EBAY hit a ceiling of 0.21% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 0.1% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.13% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.14%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 7bps in 2021 and later fell -7bps in 2022.
  • Ebay's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.13% in 2021, then increased by 19bps to 0.15% in 2022, then decreased by -23bps to 0.11% in 2023, then surged by 49bps to 0.17% in 2024, then grew by 2bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.17% (Q4 2025), 0.12% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.