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Equinix (EQIX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Equinix has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.05% for Q4 2025, up 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.05% (up 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.05%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.05% at Equinix, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for EQIX hit a ceiling of 0.05% in Q3 2024 and a floor of 0.04% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.05%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: decreased -1bps in 2021 and later rose 1bps in 2023.
  • Equinix's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.04% in 2021, then grew by 2bps to 0.04% in 2022, then rose by 16bps to 0.05% in 2023, then fell by -16bps to 0.04% in 2024, then increased by 26bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.