Growth Metrics

Gatx (GATX) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Gatx's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Gatx, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.61% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.03% (2023), against an average of 0.07%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital surged 56bps in 2021 before it tumbled -56bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.61% in 2021, then plummeted by -92bps to 0.05% in 2022, then crashed by -38bps to 0.03% in 2023, then dropped by -5bps to 0.03% in 2024, then dropped by -21bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GATX's Return on Invested Capital are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025).