Liberty Media (FWONA) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026)

Liberty Media (FWONA) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 4.99% in Q1 2026, up 35.49% quarter-over-quarter from 3.68% in Q4 2025, and up 392.0% on a YoY basis from 1.01% in Q1 2025.

Liberty Media (FWONA) Return on Capital Employed (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Liberty Media's Return on Capital Employed history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 4.99% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 392.0% year-over-year to 4.99%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.99% (up 392.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.35%, up 325.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 4.99% for Q1 2026 at Liberty Media, up from 3.68% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.04% in Q1 2022 to a low of 3.33% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 1.97% across 5 years, with a median of 1.43% in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 706 bps in 2022, then tumbled 850 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.39% in 2022, then soared by 80 bps to 0.7% in 2023, then surged by 245 bps to 2.4% in 2024, then jumped by 54 bps to 3.68% in 2025, then jumped by 35 bps to 4.99% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 4.99% (Q1 2026), 3.68% (Q4 2025), and 3.2% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Netflix 344.35 Bn 332.06 Bn 11.41 Bn 30.18%
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 183.06 Bn 23.68 Bn -1.85%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 66.21 Bn 64.08 Bn 4.25 Bn -2.04%
4 Brera Holdings 48.63 Bn 48.63 Bn - -
5 Live Nation Entertainment 37.70 Bn 29.24 Bn 1.31 Bn 8.44%
6 Fox 26.48 Bn 22.99 Bn - 12.17%
7 Liberty Media 20.47 Bn 21.15 Bn 298.00 Mn 4.99%
8 Roku 17.84 Bn 15.46 Bn 564.94 Mn 3.21%
9 News 17.22 Bn 15.75 Bn - 7.02%
10 TKO Group Holdings 15.79 Bn 14.10 Bn 862.52 Mn 6.90%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 4.99%
Dec 31, 2025 3.68%
Sep 30, 2025 3.20%
Jun 30, 2025 3.31%
Mar 31, 2025 1.07%
Dec 31, 2024 2.40%
Sep 30, 2024 1.43%
Jun 30, 2024 0.98%
Mar 31, 2024 1.04%
Dec 31, 2023 0.70%
Sep 30, 2023 -3.33%
Jun 30, 2023 -2.22%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.93%
Dec 31, 2022 0.39%
Sep 30, 2022 5.18%
Jun 30, 2022 5.66%
Mar 31, 2022 6.04%
Dec 31, 2021 5.23%
Sep 30, 2021 0.99%
Jun 30, 2021 0.01%